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ONO Jiro Profile 1953 Born in Tokyo 1979 Prize, Japan Traditional Arts and Crafts Exhibition, thereafter, 1980-84, 86-89, 93, 96, and 98 1982 Became of a member of the Japan Traditional Arts and Crafts Association 1983 Prize, Japan Pottery Exhibition, thereafter, 85, 87, 93, and 95 1990 21st century Ceramic Art Exhibition 1991 Modern Ceramics Exhibition 1998 Exhibition at Yufuku Gallery in Tokyo   Features of His Work The use of the gold enamel technique (kinrande) that ONO employs owes a great debt to his mother, the late master potter ONO Hakuko. Gold has to be fired onto ceramics at lower enamel ware temperatures. This style of decoration can be seen on Imari, Arita, Nabeshima, and Kutani wares. The golden age of these delicately decorated porcelain wares was in the Genroku period, or the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Merchants, feudal lords, as well as the Imperial family used to collect and trade these wares. ONO is one of only a handful of contemporary ceramists to master the kinrande style.   LEARN MORE See more photos of Ono Jiro's work at Yufuku Gallery