early edo period
male
raku pottery
His name is Shozaemon.
He was the son of Tanaka Sokei and the elder brother of Kichizaemon Jokei.
In the Raku kiln genealogy up to around Genroku (1688-1704), he was the second generation after Chojiro, and Jokei was the third generation, but for some reason, in the subsequent genealogy, Shozaemon was omitted from the Raku generation and Tsunekei was the second generation.
Therefore, after that, Somi is treated as a side kiln.
