Sawada Nankyu 澤田南久

1845-1922malekutani porcelainHe was a potter of Kutani-ware in the Meiji era, and studied under his uncle Kushiro at the age of 12, but in haste after that he studied by himself and opened a pottery workshop in the first year of Bunkyu calling it Nankyu.In 1880, he studied Japanese painting under Kishikokei, also learned ceramic painting from Notomi Kaijiro, and then learned about Western paints etc., from Wagner.He frequently exhibited at Gongjinhui and National Expo, and served as the deputy president of the Ceramics Guild of Nomi-gun in 1886. His pupils such as Kasama Ichimatsu and Kajimoto Seizan, later supported