1956 Born in Kyoto
1980 Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Japan (1982,1983,1984,1985, 1987)
1984 Kyoto Art and Crafts Exhibition, Kyoto Prefectural Culture and Art Forum
1986 The Vessel”
1987 Completed Graduate Course in Ceramics, Kyoto City University of Art
1987 Solo exhibition at Minami Aoyama Green Gallery, Tokyo, Japan(1989, 1992)
1990 Fletcher Challenge International Ceramics Exhibition, New Zealand(1992)
1992 Solo exhibition at Garth Clark Gallery, New York, U.S.A (1993, 1995, 1998)
Art Exhibition of Contemporary Kyoto, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
1997 Exhibition of World Triennial of Ceramic Art, Zagreb, Croatia
1998 Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Rias Ark Museum of Art, Miyagi, Japan
1999 Solo exhibition at Contemporary Art NIKI, Tokyo
2000 Solo exhibition at Gallery Nakamura, Kyoto
2002 Selected New Artists Exhibition, Kyoto City Museum of Art
Exhibition of 100 Years of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan
2004 "Contemporary Ceramic Art in Japan" at The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Gifu
2005 Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S.A
2006 The Last 100 years Glory of Japanese Ceramic Art exhibition, The Museum of Ceramic Art, Ibaraki, Japan
Exhibition of One Hundred Years of Modern Crafts , The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Japanese Ceramics for the New Century, Japan Society, New York, U.S.A
2007 Exhibition of “Fascination: Japanese Ceramic Art in the Spotlight”, Shiga Prefectural Ceramic Cultural Park Ceramic Museum, Shiga, Japan
SOFA New York, New York
Breaking The Mold [ KATAO YABURU], Joan B. Mirviss Ltd. , New York
2008 Celebrating Kyoto : Modern Arts from Boston's Sister City, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S.A
2009 Exhibition of "Perspectives on Contemporary Crafts - The Power of Decoration-", The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Touch Fire : Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists, Smith College Museum of Art, U.S.A
2009 Soaring Voices Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists, Musee National de Ceramique, France
2013 Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo : Contemporary Japanese Ceramics and Bamboo Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2014 Solo exhibition at Gallery Utsuwakan, Kyoto (2022)
Points of Departure : Treasures of Japanese Works of Art from Brooklyn Museum, Japan Society, New York
Into the Fold : Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from The Horvitz Collection, Harn Museum of Art, Florida, U.S.A
2015 Joan B. Mirviss Gallery, New York (2020)
Ancient to Modern : Japanese Contemporary Ceramics and their Sources, San Antonio Museum of Art, Toronto, Canada
2018 Japan Now : From + Function, Gardiner Museum of Art, Toronto
2022 Toucher le feu. Femmes céramistes an Japon, Musée Guimet , Paris, France