1943 – 1999
male
Studied under Tsuboya Kobashigawa Eisho. After majoring in Japanese literature at Nihon University, joined Tochigi Prefectural Ceramics Mentoring Center, privately owned by Hamada Shoji and Kamoda Shoji. Built a kiln in 1973 and then another in Hawaii in 1975. After returning to Japan, worked primarily on avant-garde ceramic collages. In 1999, at the age of 55, he committed suicide by pouring kerosene on his own body.
