Collection: Artist Category > The "NA" column (Tarouemon Nakazato, etc.) > Rokuro Nakamura
Born in 1914. Died in 2004. Born in Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture.
Influenced by his father, who was close to artists such as Toyo Kaneshige, he aspired to become a potter. He worked for a company until the end of the war, but studied under Toyo Kaneshige to learn kiln firing techniques.
In 1986, he was recognized as a traditional craftsman and received the Okayama Nichi Nichi Shimbun Award. As a traditional craftsman that Bizen is proud of, he was praised as "the god of sake vessel making" and "Rokuro the Tokkuri."
