Born in March 1883 to the Kitaoji family of Kamigamo Shrine in Kyoto, Kitaoji Rosanjin had an unusual upbringing, moving from one family to the next as an adopted son, and taking the name of his last adopted family, Fusajiro Fukuda. He was born in the Kitaoji family of his adopted family, and soon after was adopted by several different families. He also excelled at seal-engraving and flattening, and was supported by Seibei Naiki, a wealthy merchant in Kyoto and a first-generation mathematician. Through the intermediary of Naiki, Fusajiro came into contact with many eccentrics and artists, and gradually developed his multifaceted talents. At the end of the Taisho period (1912-1926), he established the Hoshioka Saryo with Nakamura Chikushiro at the Sanno Hie Shrine in Tokyo. His ceramics are characterized by a mastery of the classics and a love of the new, and are rich in grandeur and utility. He died in 1959 at the age of 76.
