1908-?
male
Born in a potter’s family from the time of his grandfather, he initially aspired to become a Japanese-style painter. After graduating from school, he worked as a painter at the Kyoto Kiyomizu ware studio to improve his art skills. Later, due to financial needs, he changed his profession from ceramic painting to pottery, and began to study under Ishiguro Munemaro.
During the war, he was forced to rigorous labor at a military-controlled ceramic factory in Hokkaido, which gave him a long-term illness.
From around 1961, he started making pots for planting his own bonsai, but he quickly became popular when other people saw the high degree of perfection in modeling and painting. He subsequently became known as a bonsai pot maker. He produced excellent works one after another, and continued to make pottery until the latter half of the 1970s. He often collaborated with the 5th generation Seifu Yohei.
