1870-1962
male
Real name is Sotaro. After graduating from the Tokyo Higher Commercial School(now Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo), he joined Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Besides being a trading company man, he attached himself to Makuzu Kozan to seek instruction in making pottery.
Later, at the time he worked at the Mitsui Nagoya branch office, he was instructed by Morimura Yoshine on how to make Japanese paintings and met Masuda Donno. Later, on the basis of his friendship with Masuda, he built a kiln in Nagoe, Kamakura after leaving Mitsui. He also made Koyama Fujio’s Kakunoji-ware.
He was named ‘Mio’ by Masuda Donno. He liked to make pottery for tea ceremonies and mainly focused on making Raku-ware.
