Takemasa Tamura　/　4th-Generation Master

Born into the Tamura Shippo kiln as its fourth-generation successor. After studying oil painting at Tama Art University, he trained under his father, third-generation master Yukio Tamura.

Exhibiting annually and honored with numerous awards, he has also created vases for the Imperial Household Agency. A maker who continues to hold tradition and innovation in the same pair of hands.