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Matsui Kosei was born in Nagano Prefecture and later built a kiln at Gassho-ji Temple in Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture. He studied ancient ceramics from Japan, China, and Korea. Among them, he encountered the neriage technique, in which patterns are expressed by mixing different colored clay, and pursued this technique for the rest of his life. Through trial and error, he developed new techniques such as zosakiri, tsui-ashi, and haruhaku, and was recognized as a Living National Treasure. There is an engraving of "康（Ko）" on the base.
MATSUI Kōsei 松井康成
1927 - 2003
Designated as a Living National Treasure in 1993, Matsui Kōsei was hugely influential in the revival of neriage (marbleized, colored-clay ware that he perfected, studying numerous examples of ancient Chinese ceramics as a priest at Gessō-ji Temple in Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture. Matsui far surpassed these historic predecessors by creating abstract and geometric surface patterning by applying to the surface or throwing numerous layered colored clays, often with a rough-hewn texture. His research and intense studies in this difficult technique, culminated in worldwide recognition for his tradition-steeped vessels.
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