A popular potter from Kyoto, best loved for his superb glazes.
Kosen, real name Yoshikazu Hashimoto, was born in 1933 in Kyoto. He was self taught, and has been making pots since 1965, and is another potter aspiring to the glazes of the great Heian Tofukuji. Originally he used a climbing kiln, until pollution control changed that. He passed away in 2014.
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