? – 1930?
male
bizen pottery
From Bizen, Okayama. Studied Japanese painting from around the age of 15 but later switched to pottery. Started his own Rakuzan kiln and learned red stoneware and Ao-Bizen techniques through self-education. Presented an earthenware pot at Emperor Hirohito’s coronation in 1928. Well-known as the artist who devised shioao (salt blue), in which salt is thrown into the kiln during the final stage of firing. Excelled in tea sets, incense burners, and decorations.
