1886 -1977
male
raku pottery
The pen-name is Gafuken. Ito Saiso originally operated a business selling tea bowls in Tsushima, Aichi. Inspired by the works of Ohashi Shuji, however, he gradually found himself more interested in creating ceramics than in selling them. After completing training in Seto, he opened up his own pottery in Fujinami, Tsushima in 1933.
He mainly produced Raku ware tea bowls, and started out working under the name Toseian, but was given the new artist name “Gafu-kensaiso“ by Hattori Tanpu, a scholar of Chinese classics (he also worked under such aliases as “Nyudoso” and “Ichimusai”).
He actively pursued ceramics making, opening up potteries in several locations, including Rinmei-gama in 1938, Gifu Yoro-gama in 1948, as well as Choju-gama and Seiraku-gama on the Tsushima Shrine grounds.
