Although he became famous after the war, he continued making ceramics, selling little of his work; he said: 'There is a rumor that I am acting like a 'Living National Treasure,' but it is just that I am very busy creating and thus have little time.'
戦後は著名になっても作品を多くは売らない作家として「「ぶっている」なんて風評が世間ではあるが僕は唯作るのに忙しく時間が無いだけです」と黙々と作陶生活をした。