He joined the 'Mingei movement,' which aimed to discover old daily necessities and recover the skills to produce them, to promote the beauty of ceramics for daily use produced by unknown artisans, and to produce and spread new daily ceramic necessities.
古い日用品を発掘しその制作のための技術を復活させ、無名職人による日用の美を世に広め、新しい日用品を制作し普及しようとした「民芸運動」にかかわるようになる。