1925-2000
male
Born in Ako-gun, Hyogo Prefecture, in 1953, he spent a year as a research student at the Tanabe class of the Department of Ceramics at Kyoto Institute of Technology, and in 1954, he built a climbing kiln in Tenjin-cho, Himeji City and became independent. In 1970, he moved his kiln to the mountains of Hayashida-cho because firing in a wood-fired kiln in the city became difficult. In 1970, he moved his kiln to the mountains of Hayashida-cho due to difficulties in firing wood-fired pottery in the city and inherited the name of Higashiyama-yaki pottery, also known as Himeji-yaki, which was established in the late Edo period and discontinued in the Meiji period. Mainly solo exhibitions, including at Tsubaki Modern Gallery in Shinjuku. Member of the Hyogo Prefecture Craft Artists Association. Works in firing and ash-covered high-fired unglazed ceramics, scorched surface coloring, blue and white porcelain.
