1920-2002
male
bizen pottery
Made handmade handle-less Japanese teapots in 1960. Retired as director from the Bizen Community Center in 1970 and devoted himself full-time to ceramics. Recognised as a Person of Cultural Merit in Okayama prefecture. Secretary and jury member for Bizen Ceramics Association, Japan Kogei Association East Chugoku Branch. Participant and award winner at Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition, Japan Ceramics Exhibition, others. Held solo exhibitions at Osaka Hankyu, Gifu Kintetsu, Seibu Ikebukuro, Nipponbashi, Nagoya Mitsukoshi, others. Member of the Japan Kogei Association.
