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KITAMURA /
Kitamura Yaichiro
喜多村

Kitamura sei zo 喜多 製 造
Kitamura Yaichiro was born in Kanazawa and studied in 1891 under ceramic
engineering Wagener at Tokyo Shokko Gakko. Kitamura worked for the Ministory of
Agriculture and Commerce in 1892 and then became the President of Seto Toki Gakko
and then taught at Ishikawaken Kogyo Gakko. Itaya Hazan was his colleague. Kitamura
visited Limoges and Sevres during his trip to France in 1902. Kitamura was employed by
Shofu Toki Goshi Gaisha in Kyoto in 1917 and became the technical advisor of the
company. Kitamura specialised not only in ceramics, but also in glass, tiles and cement.
Yaichiro Kitamura was also a doctor of engineering.

Kitamura – Meiji period
KITO-KEN
奇陶軒
竒陶軒

Kito-ken.
Kitp-ken , pottery name, Late Edo-Early Meiji period