Maekawa Kogetsudo 1897
Maekawa Kamekichi (前川 亀吉) is born in 1873. In 1897 he opened a pottery shop in
Kanazawa. He purchased white pottery from Toshioka Kosen-gama and get them painted
by Miyoshi Seikan, Maekawa Uzan and Harisawa Takezan. When he was short of pottery
he just bought completed pieces from Akiyama Shoten, Miyamoto Kaei Shoten and
Toshioka Kosen-gama. Kamekichi died in 1962. During 3 generation Maekawa Shoten
sold mainly pottery to the tourists coming to Kanazawa.
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