Kato Kozo-New Living National Treasure

Late night update, as predicted here and on our gallery, Kato Kozo was just named a LNT for his Setoguro (Black Seto) wares; in Japanese:
http://www.asahi.com/culture/update/0716/TKY201007160390.html Kato was among five who were named, he the only one for ceramics, a short video in Japanese here announcing the news: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20100716/t10015788541000.html and in Kato's prefectural newspaper:http://www.gifu-np.co.jp/news/kennai/20100717/201007170927_11180.shtml The last Gifu-based LNT for ceramics was the late Kato Takuo for sansai-tri-colored wares designated 15 years ago, and before him were only two (Kato's teacher Arakawa Toyozo and porcelain master Tsukamoto Kaiji) thus making Kato the fourth LNT for ceramic art from Gifu.