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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