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Suwa Sozan I 初代諏訪蘇山

Also known as: Suwa Sozan I 初代諏訪蘇山; primary name: Suwa Sozan; other name: Suwa, Yoshitake
Details: individual; ceramicist/glass worker/potter; Japanese; Male
Life dates: 1851-1922
Biography: Ceramic artist; born in Kanazawa in Kaga (today Ishikawa prefecture) in 1851. From 1900, he worked for Kinkozan Sobei's workshop in Kyoto after his careers at numbers of institutions in Ishikawa, Tokyo and Fukui in 1871-1889. In 1907, he opened his studio in Gojozaka, Kyoto. He studied ceramic techniques from Japan, Korea, China and modern Europe. For his outstanding technique of celadon production, he was appointed as an Imperial Household Artist (Teishitsu Gigeiin) in 1917.