Shinshu ware 真朱焼 is pottery that has been passed down in Kamagaya City, Chiba Prefecture. It has been designated as the prefecture’s Traditional Craft. Shinshu ware originated in the Taisho period (around 1918?), by a potter called Hamada Keizan in Onigoe, Ishikawa City. He was inspired by old Chinese pottery called Keiketsu ware. Mitsuhashi Eisaku (1929-2008), the second generation of Shinshu Kiln. He succeeded Hamada Keizan and developed Shinshu ware, but the kiln was closed due to the lack of a successor after the death of Mitsuhashi Eisaku. After the death of Eisaku Mitsuhashi, the kiln was closed due to the lack of a successor, and there is no production at present. https://japan-antiques.jp/wp/shinshu-ware-%e7%9c%9f%e6%9c%b1%e7%84%bc/
Similar in style to Minoh ware. Not to be confused with Shinshu traditional products from Nagano Prefecture (the region formerly having been called Shinshu).
From Kamagaya, Chiba. Graduated from the Faculty of Horticulture at Chiba University. Later sought to make ceramics, studied under Itaya Hazan and Miyanohara Ken in 1955, and joined the Totokai. Member of the Nitten Exhibition, Contemporary Craft Art Society, and New Japan Craft Art Society. Executive Director of the Prefectural Fine Art Society. Works focus on colored porcelain, celadon, and Yakishime. japan-antiques.jp/wp/mitsuhashi-eisaku-%e4%b8%89%e6%a9%8b%e8%8b%b1%e4%bd%9c/