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apot-01

Name

The 9th Chozaemon Ohi

Japanese Industrial Arts Association Member

[Born and death year]
1901-1986
Died at 85 years old

[Native place]
Kanazawa city, Ishikawa

Specification

[Experience]
1927
He assumed master's name of the 9th Chozaemon as a successor.
1936
He got many attention at an exhibition of Osaka, and he became famous craftsman of tea ware.
1940
He was given a seal of "Chozaemon" by Fumimaro Konoe of the prime minister.
1942
He is authorized an artist to preserve industrial arts.
1958-
He continued being selected for the Japanese Tradition Industrial Arts Exhibition.
1971
He became an invitation artist of the Japanese Ceramic Art Exhibition.
1978
He was given a name of Todosai by the 15th Urasenke Grand Tea Master "Hounsai".

Japanese Antiques ZIDAIYA: Specializing in Old Imari, Kutani and Kyoto Ceramics