1886-1963
bizen pottery
Upon relocating to Okayama in 1913, Manabe Seiryo adopted the artist name Seiko, then later Seiryo, working mainly as a metal artist and creating silver and bronze vases. However, he took an interest in pottery at around 1931, and received instruction from Kaneshige Toyo in Bizen. Around 1940, Seiryo established a kiln in Higashiyama, Okayama and created mainly Nanban ware and glazed items. Seiryo then established another kiln in Koyo, Akaiwa, (and changed his artist name to Hannyukyo) then established a Raku ware kiln in Higashiyama, Okayama in 1951, expanding on the range of his pottery work.
