1970-
male
Having potter Kowari Shoji as his father, he started making pottery at his father’s workshop in 1997, and then in 1999 acquired skills at pottery under the guidance of Kato sho of Seto (studied under his son Reikichi after Sho’s death).
He was a prizewinner for the first time at the 2000 Nikkokai Exhibition and the Shizuoka Prefectural Craft Art Exhibition, and received the Shizuoka Prefectural Craft Art Exhibition Shizuoka Broadcasting Award in 2003 and 2005, and the Fujinomiya Citizens’ Art Festival Art Festival Award in 2004. Shino, Shigaraki, and Bizen are the main styles he focuses production on.
