Born in Tokyo in 1950. After leaving Tama Art University's oil painting department in 1972, he has been based in Fuchu, Tokyo. He works with slips in various colors, applying them to unfired clay through painting and scratching, then building up further layers with pigment rubbing and glaze application—a technique entirely his own. The resulting pieces have the painterly expressiveness of a canvas combined with the raw, earthy texture of ancient pottery, and stand as works of aesthetic contemplation as much as functional ware.