1894-1945
male
After graduating from junior high school, he trained as a potter at kilns in various parts of Japan, including Kiyomizu-ware, Shigaraki-ware and Uchide-ware, and toured China and Korea to deepen his knowledge of ceramics.
After returning to Japan, he was invited by Nakamura Kenkichi (1889-1934, a poet of the Araragi school, born in Hiroshima prefecture) to open a kiln in Nakahiro-cho, Hiroshima City in 1926, and with the help of the tea ceremony master Ishii Tanshosai, he built kilns in various locations in Hiroshima Prefecture.
In 1943, he joined the Guangling Pioneers and emigrated to Manchuria, but died there in 1945.
He is highly regarded for his work and Tantansai, the head of family of the Urasenke school, allowed him to write Urasenke’s calligraphy on the box of his art.
