Graduated Tokyo Art Craft High School and Kyoto Ceramic Laboratory, and erected Shokeigama-kiln in Kyoto, later established "Folk Art" movement.
Apprentices of Kanjiro Kawai
Hirotsugu Kawai "Hiroshi" (1919-1993) First son
Tsunezo Arao (deceased) Kyoto Neighbor
Takeichi Kawai (1902-1989) Kyoto Nephew
Apprentices:
Tohru Kawai (1941) Kyoto Nephew of Takeichi
Doug Lawrie Atoscadero, California
Eizo Mukunoki (1942) Toyooka Grandson-in-Law
Tsuneji Ueda (1914-1988) Kyoto
Tsuneji apprentice: Ryuichi Ogawa