1937-
unka pottery
Born in Kyoto, Japan
1956 Graduated from Kyoto Prefectural Vocational School of Ceramics
1957 Graduated from the Ceramics Department of the Kyoto Municipal Industrial Research Institute
1975 Assumed the name of Yorigami Sohaku, the 3rd generation
2001 Moved to Tamba, Japan
The name Yorigami Sohaku is a name that the head of the Unka pottery family has taken over for generations. The first generation of the family had been making roof tiles for shrines and temples for a long time, and also made art roof tiles for the reconstruction of national treasures.
Unka ware is a type of pottery that uses a traditional technique to produce cloud-like black or gray mottled patterns on the surface of the vessel.
