1878-1933
male
ashiwara pottery
Studied art under Yamada Keichu while working as a teacher at Ishikawa Technical Senior High School, but in 1914 moved to Awara Onsen in Fukui prefecture where he made his own ceramic sightseeing souvenirs which he sold as Awara-yaki.
Ashihara ware is characterized by beautiful pale blue and green tones created by using glazes made from malachite (peacock stone), which contains high levels of copper.
Later succeeded to the Kuze name as third generation (Kuze Takesuke).
