小川長大夫（おがわ・ちょうだゆう）
三代 小川長樂（おがわ‧ちょうらく）
OGAWA CHODAYU (OGAWA CHORAKU III)
Daijiro Ogawa, a disciple of Keinyu, was given the name “Choraku” by Zen Master Mokurai Takeda and the name “Choyuken” by Tea Master Ennosai in 1906, and opened the “Choraku Kiln” and took the name of the first Ogawa Choraku.
Yukio, the eldest son of the second Keiun Choraku (Koichi Ogawa, designated as a technical preservation artist by the government in 1943 for his Raku ware Chawan tea bowl), studied under him after graduating from high school and began his career as a potter under the name “Yukio”. In 1992, he was given the name “Shofuken” by the head priest of Daigoji Temple, His Holiness Fumio Aso, and took the name of the third Choraku.
In 2024, he handed over the title of 4th generation Choraku to his eldest son Hirotsugu and took on the retirement name of Ogawa Chodayu.
1886 Ogawa Daijiro becomes a disciple of the 11th Keinyu 1906 He is given the name “Chouraku” by Zen Master Takeda Mokurai and the name “Choyuken” by Tea Master Ennosai, resigns from the 12th Keinyu and opens the “Chouraku Kiln” 1939 Ogawa Koichi takes on the name of the 2nd Chouraku and is given the name “Keiun” by Master Furuwataan Eisen 1947 Ogawa Yukio is born as the eldest son of the second Chouraku. 1984: Receives the Encouragement Award from the Minister of International Trade and Industry. 1992 Receives the title “Shofuken” from the head priest of Daigoji Temple, His Holiness Fumio, and takes on the name of the third Chouraku. 1998 To commemorate the 400th anniversary of Hideyoshi’s Daigo cherry blossom viewing, he produces a tea bowl with a mitate style based on the Jūbun Daigo Cherry Blossom Viewing Short Book and other works, and creates the “Daigo Banquet” Held the “Ogawa Chouraku Exhibition” 2002 Received the title “Gentoan” from the late Kobori Taigan 2006 Created works based on poems from the Thirty-six Immortal Poets at Kodaiji Temple, published “Ogawa Chouraku Works Collection Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Opening of the Kiln” and held a commemorative exhibition 2010 Built the studio “Gentoan” in Iga Created works based on haiku from Matsuo Basho’s “Nozarashi Kikou” Currently Vice Chairman of the Japan Crafts Council and Chairman of the Kyoto Rakuyoukai Association The “Makuyu Aka-raku Tea Bowl” is permanently preserved at the Ariana Museum, Swzterland “Honoo no Utage : Ogawa Chouraku, Ogawa Hirotsugu Father and Son Exhibition” were held in various locations. |