1868–?
seto pottery
A ceramics decorator and ceramicist of the Edo and Meiji era, he first stayed at Kawamoto Masukichi’s workshop and learned the basics of ceramics decorating from Oide Toko of the Nanga school, and worked as a ceramics decorator at Masukichi’s workshop.
Other than that, he also worked as a ceramics decorator for Kato Shuhei and Kawamoto Hanbei’s workshops, and it was said that his technique was extraordinary among the Seto ware decorators, and in 1895 he created the work “Underglazed Four Seasons Tray” together with Masukichi the 2nd. He went independent in the latter period of the Meiji era and started making his own wares under the brand “Kajoen”.
