Pottery History

Seikanji Kiln was founded by the first Kikujiro in the early Meiji era with the permission of the former Earl Seikanji family.

1942 Born in Kyoto

1960 Kyoto College of Art (now Kyoto University of Art and Design)

1962 Kyoto Municipal Industrial Research Institute

1965 Respected Kakunyu, the 14th head of the Raku family, as his teacher, allowed him to come and go, and attended exhibitions and lectures nationwide. Received from Sen Genshitsu, the former head of the Urasenke family on the recommendation of (Kakunyuu)

1977 Accompanied lectures, workshops, and tea ceremonies by Mr. Soya Kanazawa of the Urasenke school, and worked to spread the tea ceremony.