1909 – 1996
male
seto pottery
Born the first son of Kato Sakusuke III, Kato Sakusuke IV was the 25th in line from Kato Kagemasa, the founder of Seto ware.
He remained in Kyoto after graduating from the Kyoto Vocational School for Industrial Crafts in 1932, continuing his training there for three years. Later, he returned to Seto and began making pottery under the guidance of his father. He inherited the title of Sakusuke IV in 1944.
Afterward, he devoted himself to studying the traditional techniques of Oribe, Kuro-oribe, Ki-Seto, and Ofuke, creating masterful ceramic works, including tea bowls, basins, plates, and dishes used during banquets. In 1984, he became a prefecturally-designated important intangible cultural property of Aichi.
