Born in Kitakyushu in 1947.
From 1985, he worked for Tanimatsuya Toda Shoten, a tea ceremony utensil dealer in Osaka, for five years.
There, he had the opportunity to see many masterpieces, and through this valuable experience, he entered the world of pottery making in 1991.
He looked up to Ogata Kenzan, who was active in Kyoto in the mid-Edo period, as his teacher and studied pottery making while striving to imitate Kenzan's style.
He received instruction from Master Tachibana Daiki of Nyoian Temple at Daitokuji Temple in Kyoto, Master Yuki Teiichi of the Japanese restaurant Kitcho, Mr. Toda Shonosuke of Tanimatsuya Toda Shoten, and ceramic artist Mr. Sadamitsu Sugimoto, and learned about the world of tea and pottery.
In 2004, he built a kiln in Karuizawa.
Since 2006, he has held solo exhibitions every other year (November of even-numbered years) at the Nomura Museum of Art.
In 2014, he published a collection of his own works, Shiki-yoku. Currently, his pottery is supplied to Japanese restaurants such as Kashiwaya, Kanoushoujuan, Kitcho, Komago, Suyama, Tsukumo, Tenki, Hakuun, Mizai, and Mishimatei (in alphabetical order).
