1828-1896
male
Born the second son of Kato Shoemon, first generation owner of a kiln shop that manufactured ceramics in Seto from the late Edo period up until the early Showa period. The family separated in the first year of Ansei (1854), with Shozaburo working primarily with dyed porcelain and lapis lazuli. Exhibited lapis lazuli vases and flower pots at the first Domestic Expo in 1877 and dyed dishes and mizusashi (Japanese water pitchers) at the second. His eldest son Kintaro took over as second-generation owner when he retired.
