Kodera Tobei 小寺藤兵衛

1830-1886maleOne of the Meiji Kutani masters, he first studied Japanese painting under Matsunamiya Chozaemon, a painter from the Kaga domain.In 1869, he joined a factory of Abe Oumi (1842-1910) and taught painting at the Ishikawa Prefectural Industrial Promotion Office, and in 1935, he began studying designs under Noritomi Keijiro and compiled a catalogue of reproductions of old pottery. ■View Ceramic Works■ Tags: edo period