1535-?
male
raku pottery
Grandfather of Raku Chojiro’s wife. He is said to have taken the family name Tanaka and was a constant follower of Sen Rikyu. He also had close contact with Haruya Soen of Daitokuji Temple, the painter Hasegawa Tohaku, and others. In 1576, there is a record of his residence in Minamiinokuma-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Rakuchu, Kyoto (document from a Buddhist temple in Kyoto), where he was known as the best potter in Japan and ran a Raku pottery workshop with Chojiro.
Like Chojiro, he produced Raku tea bowls in the shape of Rikyu, and other Raku ceramics, such as a three-color lion incense burner, have been handed down to the next generation. These are marked with the seal “Raku” to distinguish them from those made by Chojiro. However, it is believed that not all of them were stamped with the seal, and some of them were unmarked.
