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REI
禮

Rei – Taisho-Showa 1 period
ROKUBEI / Kiyomizu
Rokubei
六兵衛

Rokubei zo

Kiyomizu Rokubei is the name assigned to the head of the Kyoto-based Kiyomizu

family of ceramists. The family were influential in the development and survival of
Kyo-yaki or Kyoto ware. The studio is now into its eighth generation. In Meiji period
it was Rokubei IV (b. 1848) who was active in Kyoto art circles, helping to establish
the Gojōzaka Ceramics Union, the Yutōen ceramics organization, the Society for
Ceramics Appreciation, and the Kami Kai with painter/ designer Kamisaka Sekka. In
1895 he co-founded the Kyoto Ceramic Research Institute. He participated in
initiatives to popularize Japanese arts abroad.He retired in 1913 and died in 1920.
RYOSAI / Inoui
Ryosai
良斎/ 良斎 井上

Inoui Ryosai, family of pottters from Meiji –
Showa period.Introuded Sumida ware, applied high relief figures on pottery,
with thick, running glazes. Inoue Ryosai I (1828-), Inoue Ryosai II (born c.
1860), and Inuoue Ryosai III (1888-1971) who moved the manufacturing site
to Yokohama in 1924.

RYUDO
竜洞

kakihan (seiko)
Ryudo, late Edo-Meiji