Miyangawa Masu

Place: Mashiko

Born: 1874

Death: 1960

Biography:

Miyangawa Masu, also known as Minagawa Masu, was a well-known Meiji era Mashiko ceramics decorator. She was born in 1874 in Mashiko, Japan, and began painting decoration on pots using underglazes at the age of ten. She is particularly known for her landscape paintings on Mashiko ware teapots. Miyangawa Masu passed away in 1960.