Sokei Aoyama

1966
Founded the “Kusa no Kashira” kiln with father Reizo
1980
Father and son exhibition at Isetan department store in Shinjuku, Tokyo
1998
Medium Encouragement Award at the 25th Mino Ceramics Exhibition (Ki-seto)
2000
Mino Ceramics Grand Award (White Ceramics) at the 27th Mino Ceramics Exhibition
2001

• Mino pottery works selected for inclusion in the Ceramic Works Preservation project (white ceramics)
• Presented at “Tajimi City Cultural Property Protection Center Study Group”

2002
Lecture at the same venue
2003
Inaugurated as Director, then Vice President of Mino Ceramics Association (Retired in 2011)
2004
Won the 22nd Kohei Prize for the article "About the molding technique of the mountain (yamajawan) tea bowl" "Mizunami Ceramic Museum Bulletin No. 10".
2006
Article titled “Molding Techniques in Mino Kilns” “Mizunami Ceramic Museum Bulletin No. 11”
2007
Lectured on “Throwing bowls using coil techniques on the potter's wheel in Mino” at the Kyushu National Museum Cultural Agency Overseas Exhibition “Japanese Ceramic”
2008
Article: "Coiling techniques in Momoyama pottery", "Mizunami Ceramic Museum Bulletin No.12"
2010
Gifu Prefecture Traditional Culture Success Achievement Award
"The vessel shape, fetal soil, and glaze of the excavated Shiro tenmoku tea bowl"
2012
Article: “Hakuchu tea bowl molding techniques” “Research Bulletin 14 of Mizunami Ceramic Museum”
Announcement of “Reproduction of a Shiro tenmoku bowl originally owned by Takeno Jōō” at the Tokai Block Meeting of the Chanoyu Cultural Society
Lecture on "The reproduction of  Shiro tenmoku" at the Advanced Technology Research Center, Nagoya Institute of Technology
2013
Exhibition of pottery works at “Okariya” in Tokyo Ginza
Renamed Aoyama Futatsu and named Futari
“Sokei Tea Ceramics Exhibition” at Higashiyamanomura Museum, Kyoto, October 29-November 4
At the Isetan Shinjuku store, “Kusanogami kiln father and son third generation exhibition” November 20-November 26
2014
"Sokei pottery exhibition" May 21-27 at Takashimaya, Gifu
Exhibition at the Tajimi Mino Ware Museum Reproduction of Shiro tenmoku Haiku Ceramics (work exhibition)
2015
Awarded the Gifu Prefectural Arts Culture Award
At the Arakawa Toyozou Museum, “Verification and Reproduction of Excavated Seto Kuro from the Kamata Toko Kiln Site”
2016
Provision of technical data for the presentation of “Analysis of Iron in Seto-guro ceramics” at the 54th National Ceramic Institute of Nagoya Institute of Technology
Donated a Shiro tenmoku tea bowl to Gifu Prefecture
2017
Sokei Pottery Exhibition held at Takashimaya department store, Gifu Prefecture
2018
Officially recognized by Tajimi City as Intangible Cultural Property Holder (Shiro Tenmoku)

2021　A white Tenmoku chawan was added to the collection of the Tokugawa Art Museum.  
Received a certificate of appreciation from the museum.  

2022  
Built a large kiln, Choshin Kiln, in Kokeizan.  

2023  
Contributed an article about "White Tenmoku" to *Nagomi*, published by Tankosha.  

2024  
Exhibited a White Tenmoku chawan by Sokei at the special exhibition "[Onada Kiln Ancient Kilns]" at the Tajimi City Cultural Property Protection Center.  
Displayed a White Tenmoku chawan at the Saga Prefectural Nagoya Castle Museum.  
​Received the Agency for Cultural Affairs' 2024 Regional Cultural Meritorious Service Award.