1761-1832
male
kinkoku pottery
Yokoi Kinkoku was born in Otsu in Omi Province (present-day Shiga prefecture). He studied painting in Kyoto under Otsu Buson. Afterward, he headed to Nagoya, where he became the chief priest at Daiho-in Temple, creating teaware and other ceramics on the side. He is the founder of Kinkoku ware.
