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Masaki Sōzaburō (正木惣三郎 1801–50) was a Japanese ''
He studied under Hirasawa Kurō and made mainly Shino ware or Kiseto tea utensils.
He was appointed as pottery maker by the 11th Owari lord Tokugawa Nariharu, and served as an aide to the 12th lord Tokugawa Naritaka. Among tea utensils, he specialised in finely crafted incense holders and figurines. His style was influenced by the tastes at the Owari Tokugawa court at Nagoya Castle which produced Ofukei ware.
His son was Iori (伊織 1827–79), who also made items with his father together.
samurai
The samurai () were members of the warrior class in Japan. They were originally provincial warriors who came from wealthy landowning families who could afford to train their men to be mounted archers. In the 8th century AD, the imperial court d ...
'' and potter during the Edo period
The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...
from Owari Province
was a province of Japan in the area that today forms the western half of Aichi Prefecture, including the modern city of Nagoya. The province was created in 646. Owari bordered on Mikawa, Mino, and Ise Provinces. Owari and Mino provinces w ...
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Biography
He studied under Hirasawa Kurō and made mainly Shino ware or Kiseto tea utensils.
He was appointed as pottery maker by the 11th Owari lord Tokugawa Nariharu, and served as an aide to the 12th lord Tokugawa Naritaka. Among tea utensils, he specialised in finely crafted incense holders and figurines. His style was influenced by the tastes at the Owari Tokugawa court at Nagoya Castle which produced Ofukei ware.
His son was Iori (伊織 1827–79), who also made items with his father together.
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External links
* http://www.maibun.com/DownDate/PDFdate/kiyo18/1806.pdf Japanese potters People from Nagoya {{Samurai-stub