1800-1850
male
seto pottery
The feudal retainer of Owari Domain, Masaki Sozaburo made pottery as a hobby between work duties and created vessels at Seto Kiln and Ofuke Kiln.
Pieces that are signed and sealed as “Hoshizaki” are distinguished because they use clay using the soil from Hoshizaki, Aichi (Currently Hoshizaki, Nagoya).
Sozaburo’s son, Hanjiro, also created pottery as the second generation potter and was skilled at making delicate incense containers and sculptural ornaments, creating works of a different style from his father’s.
Hanjiro’s son Nanko also became a pottery artist but was not as skilled as his father or grandfather, and generally the term Masaki ware refers to both the works of Sozaburo and Hanjiro.
