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This kiln in Kyoto’s Higashiyama Imakumano was established by the founder in 1925 and has been inherited by the 2nd generation.
The founder displayed his works at Imperial exhibitions and Bun-ten exhibitions before the war, and the Nitten exhibition after the war and has won nominations in them. Teiichi the 2nd learned pottery techniques from his father after graduating from Kyoto’s Fushimi High School Pottery Department in 1955, and proceeded to be nominated and awarded mainly at the Nitten exhibitions, Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition, and Japan Crafts Kinki Branch Exhibition. He has also won awards at the Kyoto Crafts Exhibition, Kyoto Arts and Crafts Exhibition, and Kyoto Exhibition.
Both the founder and the 2nd are masters of replicating techniques like Tenmoku and Chosen-Karatsu and mainly made tea ware such as tea bowls and water canteens.
The birthdates etc. refer to the 2nd’s.
