Takashi Nakazato

Takashi Nakazato, who moved to Tanegashima on the recommendation of ceramics researcher Fujio Koyama, started making Yakishime and Tanegashima ware.
The fifth son of Living National Treasure Nakazato Muan, he trained in Arita, Kyoto, and then worked at his family's Nakazato Tarouemon Kiln, turning out hundreds of pieces of tableware a day. Together with his father Muan and his two older brothers, Hoan and Shigetoshi, he contributed to the golden age of the Nakazato Tarouemon Kiln.
Representative works include traditional E-Karatsu pieces, Kohiki, Mishima, and Hakeme. Even after returning to Karatsu after three years of pottery making in Tanegashima, he has continued to focus on simple Yakishime pottery and has created a new style of Karatsu ware called "Karatsu Nanban."