Toshu Yamamoto

Name
Toshu Yamamoto
Date of birth
1906
Place of birth
Bizen/Okayama/Chūgoku/Japan
Date of death
1994
Gender
Male
Biography
Toshu Yamamoto was born in Inbe, Bizen City, and became a National Living Treasure in 1987. Trained under artists such as Yaichi Kasube, he was a master of the pottery wheel. Many of his masterpieces are tea and sake vessels. His delicate and refined style has been celebrated by tea ceremony masters all over, and he himself is known as “Teacup Toshu”.