Kataro Shirayamadani

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Kataro Shirayamadani (1865 – 1848) was a Japanese ex-patriate ceramics painter who worked for Rookwood Pottery in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1887 until 1948. In 1991 one of his pieces from 1900 sold for $198,000.^[1][2]

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1. ^ Owen, Nancy E. (2001). Rookwood and the Industry of Art. Ohio University Press, p.146. ISBN 0821413384. 
2. ^ Brunsman, Barrett J.; Rebecca Goodman (2005). This Day in Ohio History. Emmis Books, p.98. ISBN 1578601916.