1855-1921
male
mushiake pottery
Potter of Mushiake ware, which had been created from before as the commissioned pottery of the Igi family, the chief retainer of the Okayama Domain. Thrived from around the Bakumatsu to the Taisho era.
Together with his father Mori Kakutaro, who received a kiln from Makuzu Chozo, who had come to provide ceramic instruction, received instruction from the 1st generation Makuzu Kozan, Chozo’s son who was also invited to provide ceramic instruction of the Mushiake ware style in 1868.
Received a kanji from Kozan to start making ceramics under the artist name of Koshu. Although the kiln of the Igi family was closed in 1880, trained in ceramics at the Yokohama Kozan studio and the Mikasa ware studio in Karuizawa, Nagano, returned to Mushiake in 1918 and provided ceramic instruction as the Director of a Bizen ware company.
Mainly produced copies of Ninsei’s works, copies of old Kiyomizu ware, Kyo ware, thin tea sets, teacups, and water containers.
