Kinkodo Kamesuke

Japanese: 欽古堂亀祐 - きんこどう・きすけ

Year of death: Tempo 8 (1837)
Year of birth: Meiwa 2 (1765)
A Kyoto ware potter from the late Edo period. His real name was Toki Kamesuke, Tamba-ya Kamesuke. He also penned the pen name Kamesuke. His family had been clay figurines of Fushimi dolls for generations in Yamashiro (Kyoto Prefecture) under Ichinohashi-shita on the Fushimi Kaido road, but he decided to pursue pottery, and studied pottery techniques under Okuda Eisen along with Aoki Mokubei, Ninnami Dohachi, and Rakujidatei Kasuke. He excelled in copying Chinese ceramics such as celadon, blue and white porcelain, and Kochi, and showed particular talent in sculptural molded works. Around Bunka 7 (1810), he was invited to Mita in Settsu to teach Mita ware, where he used his specialty in molded object molding techniques to lay the foundations for Mita celadon, which is typified by celadon floating patterns made with pressed patterns. In 1818, he instructed at a porcelain kiln for Ojiyama ware in Tanba Sasayama, and in 1826, he instructed at Zuishiba ware, a type of Oniwa ware in the Kishu Domain, and in 1828, he was invited back to the Sasayama Domain to instruct at Ojiyama ware. In 1829, he wrote "Pottery Instruction," which focused on porcelain and included specific details on kiln types, kiln stacking, mixing of base and glaze, celadon, Nishiki ware, and the Kochi method.

(Yoshiaki Ito)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：天保8(1837)
生年：明和2(1765)
江戸後期の京焼の陶工。本名土岐亀助,丹波屋亀助。亀祐と号した。山城(京都府)伏見街道一の橋下ルで代々伏見人形の土偶師であったが,やきものに志し,青木木米,仁阿弥道八,楽只亭嘉介らと共に奥田穎川に師事し,陶技を学んだ。青磁,染付,交趾などの中国陶磁写しに優れ,彫塑的な型物成形の作品には特に優れた才能を発揮した。文化7(1810)年ごろ,摂津の三田に招かれ,三田焼の指導に当たり,得意とする型物成形の技法を生かし,押型文による青磁浮文様に代表される三田青磁の基礎を作った。文政1(1818)年には丹波篠山で王地山焼の磁器窯を指導,同9年紀州藩の御庭焼である瑞芝焼を指導,11年には再び篠山藩に招かれ王地山焼を指導した。13年には磁器を主とし,窯式,窯積,素地・釉薬の調合,青磁,錦焼,交趾の法などについて具体的に記した『陶器指南』を著している。

(伊藤嘉章)

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