【Tawara Tōbē】 12th Tawara Tōbē (Holder of Yamaguchi Prefecture Intangible Cultural Property for Hagi Ware) 1925 (Taishō 14) - 1991 (Heisei 3) 12th Tawara Tōbē was born in Nagato City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, as the second son of the 10th Tawara Tōbē. His real name was Genjirō. In 1944 (Showa 19), he was drafted and went to Manchuria while attending the former Yamaguchi High School (Yamaguchi University). In 1945 (Showa 20), he was interned in Siberia after the end of the war. In 1948 (Showa 23), he was repatriated from Siberia. As his elder brother, the 11th Tawara Tōbē, had no successor, he engaged in the pottery business to succeed the family business. In 1956 (Showa 31), he succeeded the name of the 12th Tawara Tōbē. In 1972 (Showa 47), he became a regular member of the Japan Kogei Association. In 1981 (Showa 56), he was designated as an Intangible Cultural Property of Yamaguchi Prefecture. First Generation: Ri Shakkō 2nd Generation: Yamamura Shinbē Mitsumasa, year of birth unknown - 1658 (Meireki 4) 3rd Generation: Yamamura Heishirō Mitsutoshi, year of birth unknown - 1709 (Hoei 6) 4th Generation: Yamamura Yahē Mitsunobu, year of birth unknown - 1724 (Kyōhō 9) 5th Generation: Yamamura Genjirō Mitsunaga, year of birth unknown - 1785 (Tenmei 5) 6th Generation: Akagawa Tōbē Mitsusada, year of birth unknown - 1815 (Bunka 12) 7th Generation: Akagawa Chūbē Mitsuyuki, year of birth unknown - 1844 (Kōka 1) 8th Generation: Akagawa Kiyozō Mitsutaka, year of birth unknown - 1879 (Meiji 12) 9th Generation: Tawara Tōbē, year of birth unknown - 1934 (Showa 9) The 9th Tawara Tōbē's real name was Kenji. 10th Generation: Tawara Kōrai Tōbē, year of birth unknown - 1939 (Showa 14) The 10th Tawara Kōrai Tōbē's real name was Morio. In 1907 (Meiji 40), he succeeded the name of the 10th Tawara Tōbē. 11th Generation: Tawara Kōrai Tōbē, year of birth unknown - 1956 (Showa 31) Product Dimensions Diameter: Approximately 12.5cm, Height: Approximately 8.5cm (Search Words) Sōdeisha Kazuo Yagi Lisa Larson Yayoi Kusama Isamu Noguchi Robert Rauschenberg Marina Abramović Avant-garde Bijutsu Techo Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten Toyozo Arakawa Kyūsetsu Miwa Munemaro Ishiguro Tōkurō Katō Hazan Itaya Kenki Tomimoto Tōyō Kaneshige Kanjirō Kawai Hajime Katō Shōji Hamada Fujio Koyama Handeishi Kawakita Rosanjin Kitaōji Yasushi Okada Hiroshi Okada Shinbē Sakaura Zenyemon Sakaura Masahiro Sakaura Eiichi Shibuya Sadafumi Shinjō Kazuyuki Mizutsu Takao Tawara Tawara Tōbē Yoshizō Hatano Yasuo Yamato Tōri Yoshino Koraizaemon Saka Tarōemon Nakazato Takashi Nakazato Taiki Nakazato Kenta Nakazato Hanako Nakazato Shintarō Uchimura Naoto Yano Munehiko Maruta Sōichirō Maruta Yū Maruta Sakurei Oka Rui Mitsufuji Kiyomi Kawakami Kojū Nishioka Kota Tanaka 5