1930-
male
The Ako kiln, founded by the first generation Oshima Koya in Banshuu at the end of the Edo period, was abolished before the war. He learned this technique of unglazed pottery that changes color in the kiln, and in 1986 he built the Akashugama kiln and succeeded as Ako ware’s fourth generation. He was successful in designing his own kiln by researching the kiln structure to artificially produce patterns on the surface of stoneware through firing techniques. He mainly deals with tea ceremony ceramics.
