His family name was Hon’ami and his first name was Mitsuho. Grandson of Koetsu, son of Kurosai. Kukyusai was his given name. He was not only skilled in the family business of sword appraisal and polishing, but also enjoyed tea ceremony and incense, painting and sculpture, and pottery making, in the style of his grandfather Koetsu.
His skills are said to be as skillful as Koetsu’s and rich in elegance and style. In his later years, he made incense containers from Shigaraki clay and tea bowls modeled after Hagi ware from Nagato Province (Yamaguchi Prefecture), thus enhancing the reputation of Shigaraki in the air. He also made tea bowls imitating Hagi ware in Nagato Province (Yamaguchi Prefecture), thus enhancing the name of Koronaki Shigaraki. He later became a priest and died on July 24, 1682, at the age of 82.
The “Novel of Honcho Pottery” describes his work as follows: “The body of the hanging body is well made, the medicine is light yellow, light yellow, light yellow, and white, and the clay is fine, and there are engravings and inscriptions on the hanging body, but the rough clay on the hanging body is usually a forgery. He is said to have produced a variety of tea bowls, including a tortoise-shaped incense container, a long square-shaped incense container, a water jar, and a tea bowl. （There are also various water jars and tea bowls.
