1950-
male
echizen pottery
From Takefushi, Fukui. Studied under Tsuji Kansai, the painter from Kyoto, in 1970. Later graduated from Kyoto Ceramic Training School and Fukui Ceramic Experimental Institute. Started Masudaya kiln in Sohara, Takefushi in 1975. Held a duo exhibition with Arima Raitei, the Curator of the Shokoku-ji Jotenkaku Museum in Kyoto, at Yamato Yashiki in Himeji and a private exhibition at the Tokyu Main Store in Shibuya, Participated in Ichinohikai, the study group for Echizen ware led by Kimura Morikazu. Works focus on Shizen-yu natural glazes and color changes in ascending kilns.
