1872-1944
male
kutani porcelain
Born into the Sojutsu Shinanban family, he graduated from Ishikawa Prefectural Technical School in 1890 and studied under Matsumoto Sahei. He learned ceramic painting and pigment manufacturing from Tomoda Yasukiyo and Yoshimura Matao.
He was self-employed in 1897, and afterwards worked in the Hayashiya Kumi Ceramics Workshop and the Ishikawa Design Office. From 1904 to 1935 he was a lecturer in the ceramics department of Ishikawa Prefectural Technical School (currently named Ishikawa Prefectural Technical High School). At the same time, he devoted himself to the development and research of glazes such as celadon glaze and crystal glaze. Thanks to the success of his golden, blue, and purple glazes, he began producing his own works.
