1899-1972
male
mino pottery
12th generation ancestor of Mino ceramics artists. Active mainly in Japanese traditional craft exhibitions as well as solo exhibitions, producing traditional ceramics such as tea-ware in a bold and powerful manner informed by his research into Shino-ware from the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1600). Designated a preserver of traditional technology as well as a prefectural intangible cultural property. Father of Kato Seizo.
