1841-1886
male
ohi pottery
Also known as Ohi Choju or Kato Choju. Son of Kadoya Kichiemon, apprentice of fifth generation master Ohi Kanbei. Went independent of the family business in 1855 and opened a kiln in Yamanoue-cho in the same year, where he primarily produced ameyu-glaze Ohi tea-ware under the name Choju. Following his death, his son Yoshitaro inherited the business as second generation Choju but changed the name from Kadoya Choju to Kato Choju II. Suwa Sozan was also an apprentice of Kadoya Choju.
In 1930, Empress Joumei built a tea room called Shusen-tei in the Akasaka Imperial Palace, and tea ceremony utensils were presented by the heads of Senke school, Ura-senke school, Mushanokoji-senke school and Yabuuchi scjool families, etc. Most of them were made by Senke jissoku (The Ten Craftsmen of Senke family), but from Hokuriku area, works by Suda Seika and Ohi Choju were selected. At the time, the ninth generation Ohi Chozaemon made the water closet utensils for the dedication, but before the war, Chosyu was more famous than the Chozaemon family.
