徳舟斎 - TOKUSHUSAI 経歴: He was born in Kawaguchi, Kawaguchi City, Saitama, under parents who operated a casting business for their living. After graduating higher elementary school, he left their parents house and...
山の - YAMANO Career: Born in 1967. He is the son of SAOSHOSAKU(also known as Kazuo Yamano) and is the second generation of the wazao-crafting family. He worked for an IT company after...
東正作 - TOMASASAKU Career: Born in 1914. he started to learn making wazao under Tosaku the 4th. After 8 years of training, he went back to his hometown Kawaguchi, he starts to run...
東光 - TOMITSU Career: Born in 1928 in Saitama prefecture, growing up as a son of a rod crafter. He learned under Tosaku the 4th together with Toasku the 5th, 東静、東猛、秀作、東昭、6代目東作competing with them...
竿昭作 - SAOSHOSAKU Career: Born in Saitam in 1937. His parents owned a liquor shop but he started making wazao right after he graduated junior high school. He studied under 忠洋 (Tadahiro?) in...
竿俊作 - SAOTOSHISAKU Career: Born in Tokyo in 1930 as a son of a river fisher. Shortly after the war ended in 1945, he started learning wazao crafting specifically with Hotei bamboo under...