1842-1914
male
A potter from Seto in the Meiji era and the father of the 3rd generation Shofu Kajo. A master of the potter’s wheel who even conducted a potter’s wheel demonstration during the Aichi Expo in 1874. Presented a method of preparing pure Dehua porcelain together with the 6th generation Kawamoto Hansuke to the Department of Agriculture. Created copies of Chinese zaffre glazes as tea sets and left masterpieces. Was also invited as a model artisan by the present-day Faculty of Ceramics at Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1900.
