1926 Born in Kyoto
1943 Graduated from the Kyoto Second Industrial School
1946 Joined the Young Ceramists
1948 Founding member of the Sōdeisha group
1949 Taught at the ceramic department of a Kyoto high school
Worked for the Seven Colors Craft Company
1954 Stopped making functional ceramics
1967 Began executing a series of highly abstract horses
1969 Moved to Kiyomizu Danchi
1993 Cultural Merits from City of Kyoto
1994 Arts and Culture Award
1998 30th Annual Crafts of Japan Award
1999 Asahi Award of Excellence
2001 Passed away
Selected public collections
Victoria and Albert Museum
Musée Magnelli del la Céramique, Vallauris, France
Musée national de Céramique, Sèvres, France
Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, New York
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas
Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland
Portland Art Museum, Portland
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Musee Tomo, Tokyo
National Museum of Art, Osaka
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka