Background
Saijire Goto was born in 1650.
Saijire Goto was born in 1650.
He is said to be the originator of Kutaniyafci pottery in Kaga (Ishikawa Prefecture). According to tradition, around 1658, Lord Toshiaki Maeda dispatched Saijiro, who was a retainer of his, to Arita in Hizen (Saga Prefecture) to learn the art of making Anta- yaki pottery.