Born in Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, in 1957. After graduating from Musashino Art University's Department of Sculpture, he studied ceramics in Tajimi. Active as a ceramic artist, sculptor, and tea practitioner, he has created over a thousand types of everyday tableware suitable for both Japanese and Western use, as well as tea ceremony utensils and contemporary art works. In 1998, together with his wife Akiko Andō, he opened the gallery "Gyaruri Momogusa" in a renovated old private home in Tajimi, where he continues as director to propose new possibilities for art and craft.