Kaneshige Toyo (1896-1967)
金重陶陽

Kaneshige Toyo was the first Bizen ware Living National Treasure (1956).

References:
Exhibition catalogue 2005, Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art: Modern Bizen Pioneer, Kaneshige Toyo. Special exhibition, June 3rd - July 3rd. (with an article by his son Kaneshige Kosuke)
Exhibition Catalogue 2002, Mugen-an Gallery, Bizen: Two Bizen Artists. Kaneshige Toyo and Abe Anjin, March 2-9.
Exhibition Catalogue 1996, Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art: Kaneshige Toyo. Special exhibition to commemorate the 100th anniversary, March 19-25.
Hayashiya Seizou: Kaneshige Toyo; Modern Japanese Ceramic Art Catalogue, vol.9, Tokyo: Shueisha 1981. (Hayashiya was then the director of the Tokyo National Museum of Art)
Okada Jou: Kaneshige Toyo. Bizen ware; National Treasures Series, vol.9, Tokyo: Kodansha 1977.