Eisen was not a professional ceramic artist but an amateur; that was the very reason why he could developed new porcelain as well as adopt the unconventional Etsuke style at that time.
磁器の開発にしろ、新規な絵付けにしろ、頴川が職業工人ではなく素人陶芸家であったからこそ当時は可能だった事なのだ。