Hijiri Togane is a ceramic artist and fine artist based in Toki, Gifu, originally from Tokyo. He studied abroad in the United Kingdom as a child and moved to the United States after high school, graduating from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco in 2012. His work includes a tableware series that reinterprets the traditional Mino-yaki technique of gaba-ikomi (slip casting) in a contemporary way, as well as life-sized ceramic figure sculptures. He maintains a studio in Tajimi and is active both in Japan and internationally.