1905-1992
From around 1930, while painting Western-style pictures, Ikko taught himself to make pottery. In 1938, Ikko revived Isshoji ware, which had been abandoned during the Meiji period, and in 1939, Ikko opened Mumyoan Pottery studio for Kobuccho ware in Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture. Mainly ash glaze, iron glaze and cinnabar.
