1831-1913
male
kutani porcelain
Born the eldest son to the Azai family in Daishoji, Enuma-gun, Kaga Prefecture, he later became the adopted son of the Takeuchi family.
He studied pottery painting and Tsukatani Makoto under Idaya Hachiroemon. Around 1878, he learned how to make clay material from Tsukatani Chikken and Okura Juraku.
The following year, in 1879, he funded the establishment of a private school Ishin-sha. The year after that, he joined the Kutani Pottery Company, which had just been established at the time, as general manager. He studied gosai five-colored porcelains, beginning with akae, and he produced many excellent works. In 1881, he went to Tokyo, and in 1885 he joined G. Wagner to study pottery. In addition, he joined Ishikawa Prefectural Institute of Technology’s Department of Ceramics as a teacher in 1894. His style was heavily influenced by Chinese-style designs. In 1894, when he completed a beautiful color glaze method, he began teaching at Ishikawa Prefectural Technical High School.
