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[Matsumoto Hagi ware (official kiln)]
The Saka family is a prestigious family of Matsumoto Official Kilns (Matsumoto Hagi).

In 1625 (the second year of the Kan'ei era), Ri Kei was given the name "Komazaemon" by the second feudal lord, Mori Hidenari, but he commonly referred to himself as "Sukehachi."
After the first, the second, fifth and seventh generations of the family continued to use the name "Sukehachi", while the third, fourth, sixth and eighth generations used the name "Shinbei", and they continued to use either the name Sukehachi or Shinbei until the Meiji era.
The 2nd to 8th generations did not use the name "Komazaemon", but it has been used since the 9th generation since the start of the Meiji era.

[First Generation Saka Koraizaemon (Ri Gyong)]
1568 (Eiroku 11) - 1643 (Kan'ei 20)
[Second generation Sakasukehachi (Tadatori)]
1617 Genna 3 to 1668 Kanbun 8
[The 3rd generation Saka Shinbei (Tadatsugu)]
1648 (Keian 1) - 1729 (Kyoho 14)
[The 4th generation Saka Shinbei (Tadakata)]
1683 Tenna era to 1748 Kanen era
[5th ​​generation Sakasukehachi (Tadanari)]
1722 Kyoho 7th year - 1769 Meiwa 6th year
[6th generation Saka Shinbei (Tadayoshi)]
1739 Genbun 04-1803 Kyowa 03
[7th generation Sakasukehachi (Tadayuki)]
1774 An'ei 03 - 1824 Bunsei 07
[8th generation Saka Shinbei (Tadatoshi)]
His nickname was Shinbei, and his pen names were Gandousai and Shoo.
1799 (Kansei 11) - 1877 (Meiji 10)
Many porcelain kilns were established during the Bunka and Bunsei eras (1804-1830), but along with the Miwa family, the company maintained its position as an official kiln.
In 1826 (Bunsei 9), he was ordered by the feudal lord to serve in Osaka, and demonstrated his pottery skills in front of Prince Arisugawa in Kyoto.
He also researched and made copies of famous pieces in the possession of the Arisugawa family.
He is known as a master craftsman who survived the turbulent period from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji period and contributed to the revival of Hagi ware.
[The 9th generation Saka Koryozaemon (real name Dosuke, pen names Hanbo and Hangaku)]
1849 (Kaei 2) - 1921 (Taisho 10)
The 9th generation Saka Koraizaemon was born as the grandson of the 8th generation Saka Koraizaemon.
In 1877, in the 10th year of the Meiji era, he took on the name of the 9th Saka Koraizaemon.
1915 (Taisho 4) The works exhibited at the Kyoto Exposition commemorating the Enthronement of Emperor Taisho were purchased by the Imperial Household Ministry.
As one of the children at the Shoka Sonjuku school, he received instruction from Yoshida Shoin just before he was escorted to Edo, and spent his youth during the changes of the Meiji Restoration.
The Saka family, who were the official kiln supplier to the Hagi domain, were forced to become independent after losing support from the domain following the abolition of the domains and establishment of prefectures. However, they managed to overcome the crisis of the abolition of the official kiln and continued to increase their fame by exhibiting their works at domestic expositions around the country.
[10th Generation Saka Koraizaemon (real name Hidesuke, pen name Kanho)]
1890 (Meiji 23) - 1958 (Showa 33)
In 1890, the 23rd year of the Meiji era, the 10th generation Saka Koraizaemon was born in Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture as the second son of the 9th generation Saka Koraizaemon.
1909 (Meiji 42) Dropped out of Yamaguchi Prefectural Hagi Junior High School and studied pottery under his father.
In 1914 (Taisho 3), the Frog Hermit figurine exhibited at the Taisho Exposition was purchased by the Imperial Household Ministry.
In 1915 (Taisho 4), he produced a pair of vases to be presented to Hagimachi as a gift for the enthronement of Emperor Taisho. A confectionery bowl that he exhibited at the Kyoto Exposition commemorating the enthronement of Emperor Taisho was purchased by the Imperial Household Ministry.
In 1916 (Taisho 5), the Fukurokuju figurine was purchased by the Imperial Household Ministry.
In 1920 (Taisho 9), we created the Takasago Lieutenant and Oba figurine, which was presented to Yamaguchi Prefecture as a gift for the wedding of Prince Yi.
In 1921 (Taisho 10), he took on the name of the 10th Saka Koraizaemon.
In 1922 (Taisho 11), the ornament presented to the Empress Dowager on her visit to Kashii Shrine and the water jar exhibited at the Tokyo Peace Memorial Exposition were both purchased by the Imperial Household Ministry.
1924 (Taisho 13): Takasago-no-Imperial and Uba ornaments were created and presented to Hagi-cho as gifts for the current Emperor's marriage. Empress Dowager Kitashirakawa purchased a bancha tea utensil, kettle, and water jug ​​when she visited Hagi-cho.
In 1925 (Taisho 14), a pair of matcha bowls was created to be presented to Hagi Town by Prince Chichibu on his visit to Yamaguchi Prefecture. The pair won a silver medal at the Paris International Exhibition of Decorative Arts and Crafts.
He was appointed as a member of the Prince Shotoku Exhibition Committee and was presented with an incense holder by President Prince Kuni.
In 1928 (Showa 3), permission was given to make a personal donation to celebrate the enthronement of the Emperor.
In 1943 (Showa 18), he was selected as a qualified craft technology preservation expert.
In 1946 (Showa 21), Prince Takamatsu made a matcha bowl to be presented to the city of Hagi on his visit to that city, and in 1947 (Showa 22), the Emperor made a Tenjin-furo (heated brazier) and a Fuji-shaped kettle to be presented to Yamaguchi prefecture on his visit to that prefecture.
His creative philosophy, which is based on the weight of tradition and the succession of the prestigious head of Hagi ware from another family, involves a strictness and responsibility different from that of the heads of other traditional kilns who inherit the family business through bloodline.
[11th generation Saka Koryozaemon (real name Nobuo, pen name Kanho)]
1912 (Meiji 45) - 1981 (Showa 56)
The 11th generation Saka Koraizaemon was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture as the third son of Hayashi Risaku.
In 1941 (Showa 16), he graduated from the Imperial School of Fine Arts (now Musashino Art University) and worked as an art teacher at Yamaguchi Prefectural Otsu Junior High School.
In 1948 (Showa 23), he married the second daughter of the 10th generation Saka Koraizaemon, and became the head of the Hagi ware family that had been in existence since the Edo period.
After retiring from Yamaguchi Prefectural Otsu High School, he studied pottery making under his father-in-law.
1956 (Showa 31) Appointed director of the Yamaguchi Prefecture branch of the Senke Domonkai and won the Governor's Award at the Yamaguchi Prefecture Art Exhibition.
In 1958 (Showa 33), he succeeded to the name of the 11th Saka Koraizaemon.
In 1965 (Showa 40), he was appointed as a member of the Hagi City Cultural Properties Council and the Hagi City Tourism Council.
In 1968 (Showa 43), he received the Issuikai Award and became a full member of the Issuikai.
In 1969 (Showa 44), he was appointed as a judge for the Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Exhibition.
In 1970, during the Shinzanshiki ceremony at Todaiji Temple in Nara, we donated 400 matcha bowls.
In 1971 (Showa 46), he became a full member of the Japan Crafts Council.
In 1973, he was appointed as a judge for the Fukuoka Prefectural Art Exhibition. ~ He received the Yamaguchi Prefectural Art and Culture Promotion Encouragement Award.
In 1975, it was designated as an intangible cultural property by Yamaguchi Prefecture.
I was appointed as the president of the Rotary Club of Hagi. I was appointed by the Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture, and originally worked as a Western-style painter and art teacher at both the old and new high schools. However, when I joined the head family of Hagi ware, which has been around since the Edo period, I inherited the weighty traditions in both name and reality through rigorous training.
[The 12th generation Saka Koraizaemon (real name Tatsuo, pen name Kumamine)]
Born in 1949 in Shinjuku, Tokyo
1978: Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Painting, Fourth Research Lab
1983: Completed the ceramics training course at the Kyoto Industrial Research Institute
1984: Started making pottery in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture
1988: Received the NHK Yamaguchi Broadcasting Station Award at the Traditional Crafts New Works Exhibition
1988 (Showa 63) 12th generation Saka Koraizaemon successor
1994: Full member of the Japan Crafts Association
Held numerous solo exhibitions at Mitsukoshi and Takashimaya department stores in Nihonbashi. Died on July 26, 2004 at the age of 54.
[The 13th Saka Koraizaemon]
April 2011: Junko Saka, the fourth daughter of the 11th generation (sister-in-law of the 12th generation), succeeds the 13th generation.
[14th generation Saka Koraizaemon (real name Yuta)]
Born in 1988, Junko's eldest son (Yuta)
2014: Inherited the kiln
June 2022: Succeeded to the 14th generation

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