1. Chin Jukan

For approximately 400 years, Chin Jukans family have passed on the mastery through generations. After the collapse of the shogunate system  the official kilns became privatized and Satsuma nishikide that was once restricted only for official production and use could be made and owned by anyone. During this era of privatization Chin Jukan XII ho took lead in the production of Satsuma nishikide, by establishing a pottery factory at Mt. Gyokō in 1875, taking in potters who had lost protection from the feudal clan. He used the artistic name of Gyokuzan from that time till 1897. The artistry of Chin Jukan XII was immediately recognized after the first successful exhibition in Vienna in 1873 and opened up trade paths for Satsuma Ware to Austria, Russia, America, and other countries and made Satsuma Ware the pronoun of the Japanese ceramics.