Background
Shozo Kutani was born in Kaga Province (Ishikawa Prefecture). He was a son of a farmer.
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Shozo Kutani
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Shozo Kutani learned to paint ceramics from "Akae-no-Yujiro", and others at Wakasugi Village.
Career
Shozo Kutani was engaged by Rokuemon Yabu, when the latter founded Ono Ceramic Kiln at Ono Village (Kaga Province). Later he worked under Ryosho, a Buddhist priest, in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture. He was the first to use black paint to color ceramic ware. During the Ansei Era (1854-1860) he set up his own kiln and manufactured the ware known as Shozo.
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His son-in-law succeeded him and began manufacturing gold-tinted ceramics for export.
