A ceramicist (read: Ishikawa Hajime) working from Nansō-gama kiln in Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture. Born in 1957 in Utsunomiya. He studied wheel-throwing and glazing at the Tochigi Ceramics Guidance Center, then apprenticed under Yoshihiko Yoshida, a disciple of Toyozo Arakawa, before honing his skills at the Goda Ceramics Research Institute. He became independent in 1985. Centered on kohiki ware and white porcelain — featuring a white slip and transparent glaze — he has long pursued simple, refined "white vessels" and is known as a "potter of white."