It is said that when he was young, he got his training in pottery at Awataguchi and Seto, and later he returned to Kyoto and built his own kiln in front of the Omuro Ninna-ji Temple.
若い頃は粟田口や瀬戸で陶芸の修業をしたといわれ、のち京都に戻り、御室（おむろ）仁和寺の門前に窯を開いた。