![Kato Koemon [Mitsuo] (b. 1937)](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2003/NYR/2003_NYR_01210_0192_000(054439).jpg?w=1)
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The second son of Kato Juemon (1894-1974) Kato Mitsuo changed his name to Koemon in 1975, shortly after his father's death and this teabowl may be dated to about that time. Kato lives in Toki, Gifu Prefecture.