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Born a son of Sõkei. After the death of Chõjirõ, he directed the Raku workshop, founding the base for the Raku tradition continuing till today. Since Jõkei, each generation has succeeded to the name, Kichizaemon. His work has more movement and variation of from, being occasionally deformed, which was never found in the work of Chõjirõ. He also invented the white glaze in addition to the red and black Raku glazes. |