1918-1966
male
hagi pottery
tokoji pottery
Born in Karatsu as the second son of the first generation Nakano Geirin, he inherited his father’s title and succeeded the Nakano kiln that was opened as a kiln under the domain’s authority, but later moved to Hagi looking to the Hadano ‘Sigetu kiln’ of Hagi-ware. He studied under Nosaka Kogetsu, became independent after the war, and opened his own kiln Tokoji-gama, but it was abandoned when he committed suicide at the age of 48.
He leaves behind life-sized ceramic statues such as the Daibyaku-gosha (ox-cart) statue at Kokeiden in Nara Todaiji Temple, the Daikannon seated statue at Kinkakuji Temple in Kyoto, the Ito Hirobumi statue at his official former residence in Ito, Hagi City, and the Shoin statue at Shoin Shrine in Hagi City.
