1941-
male
His grandfather was Shimizu Rakuzan, who started with Banko ware and added Korean style tea ceremony ware, which was highly regarded by tea masters. He studied under his grandfather from 1959 and later studied in Takatori ware, Tamba ware and Hagi ware and built a kiln in Komono, Mie prefecture in 1970. He taught tea ceremony pottery in Icheon and Daegu, Korea.
In 1974, he opened Gimhae Kiln near Busan, Korea.
In 1981, he established Rakuzan Kiln in Komono Town, Japan . He opened Sagi Kiln in Sagi Village, Hadong-gun, Korea in 1986.
