Date of birth: January 2, 1908 (Meiji 41)
He dreamed of the painter and went to Kyoto alone, then strove for the study of a picture, working in the studio of a Kiyomizu ware.
Although, he extended his domain from pottery painting which was being made into the means of a life those days, and studied ceramics at large to pursue the real value of ceramics.
During wartime he was forced hard work and it is obliged to a prolonged struggle against disease.
From about 1961 (Showa 36), in order to plant his bonsai, he began making a pot to kill time.
The pot which shows the outstanding brush skill became sought-after, as a result he follows a pot author's way.
Some of his masterpieces are Hiroshige Ando's "Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido" and "Choju-Giga" etc.