1799-1873
male
ippodo pottery
The 11th generation Suminokura Ryoi. Started Ippodo ware. A shogunate official, he was in charge of the Yodo River system of cargo and passenger transport ships. He was interested in ceramics and built a kiln at his villa in Saga, where he apprenticed himself to Nin’ami Dohachi (Takahashi Dohachi II) and others to produce tea ceremony utensils and sake cups. The work was marked with the number ‘Ippodo’.
