1914-2003
male
Born in Shizuoka Prefecture. He was attracted by Yanagi Soetsu’s ”Kogei Biron”, theory of craft aesthetics, and was introduced to Soetsu in 1935. In 1937, he studied design under Serizawa Keisuke. In 1953, he became an assistant to Bernard Leach in Kutani, and in 1960, he built a kiln in Iwata, and was in charge of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum exhibition at the Osaka World’s Fair. Director of the museum. Focuses on overglaze red enamel decoration and blue and white.
