1912-1981
male
hagi pottery
After Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s dispatch to Korea, Mori Terumoto, who at the time ruled the entirety of China, brought back from Korea a potter who went by the name Sakata. He later changed his name to Saka, and after Terumoto moved to Hagi, the second feudal lord of Hagi, Mori Tsunahiro, bestowed upon him the title of Saka Koraizaemon, a line which continues to the present day.
Real name is Nobuo. He was certified as an Important Intangible Cultural Property of Yamaguchi Prefecture in 1975.
Born in 1912, died in 1981. Born in Shimonoseki. Graduated from the Imperial Fine Arts School. Later inherited the Saka name of Matsumoto Hagi as the XIth of the line. He was named Yamaguchi Prefecture Intangible Cultural Property in 1975. Full member of the Japan Kogei Association. Chinese Cultural Award. Person of Cultural Merit.
