Kato Kagemasa

Japanese: 加藤景正 - かとうかげまさ
Kato Kagemasa

His birth and death years are unknown. He is the founder of Seto ware in Aichi Prefecture. His correct name was Kato Shirozaemon Kagemasa, and he was called Toshiro. There is no solid evidence that Kato Kagemasa actually existed. The first document to mention Seto ware originated from Toshiro, and that he was the second and third Kamakura Shogun (Minamoto no Yoriie and Sanetomo) about 450 years ago, is the "Morita Kyuemon Diary" from 1678 (Enpo 6) in the early Edo period. This roughly matches the legend that Toshiro traveled to China with Zen Master Dogen, who went to Song China in 1223 (Joō 2), studied pottery techniques, and returned to Japan. It is true that Seto ware in the Kamakura period was made by copying Chinese ceramics, but the technical techniques differed from Chinese ceramics. However, archaeological surveys have shown that the period when Kagemasa entered Song China and the period when he started his kiln roughly coincide.

[Yoshiaki Yabe]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

生没年など不詳。愛知県の瀬戸焼の陶祖。正しくは加藤四郎左衛門景正といい、藤四郎と称する。加藤景正が実在したという確かな証拠はない。文献では江戸前期1678年(延宝6)の『森田久右衛門日記』に、瀬戸焼は藤四郎が根元であり、鎌倉将軍2、3代目(源頼家(よりいえ)・実朝(さねとも))の事とし、450年ほど前の人物と記しているのが最初例である。これは、藤四郎が1223年(貞応2)に入宋(にっそう)した道元禅師に従って渡航し、陶技を学んで帰国したとする伝承と、ほぼ時期は一致する。確かに鎌倉時代の瀬戸焼は中国陶磁を写して開窯するが、専門的技術では中国陶磁と異なる。しかし考古学調査では、景正の入宋時期と開窯時期がおおむね一致している。

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