Mid Edo periode
male
koto porcelain
He lived in the castle town of Shirakabe-cho around Hikone Castle as one of the ceramic painters of Koto-ware, and as an artist under a clan’s patronage, he often produced aka-e (red painting on ceramics) and blue and white porcelain bowls. In addition, he formed a Kabunakama (a merchant’s guild under the Shogunate) with Tokoyama, Jinensai, and Sekisui, and after painting ceramics at his home, sold them to travelers coming and going through Nakasendo (an Edo-period highway).
