1920-1985
male
Born into a house well-known within the local construction industry as the eldest son. After graduating from school, he worked mobilizing students during the war. After the war, he declined to take over the family business, deciding instead to pursue pottery as a career. After learning the basics at Kyoto Ceramics Research Institute, he trained at Shosai Toen under the guidance of Tomimoto Kenkichi, exhibiting works at the New Crafts Association, which he later presided over, as well as the Living Fine Arts Division of the Modern Art Association. In 1957, he joined Yagi Kazuo, Suzuki Osamu, and others at Sodeisha, where he became active as one of the main artists and writers within the company. He began working mainly on plates, bowls and urns but later moved into objets d’art and using the human body as a motif in his ceramics.
