Nakazato Hōan Works Collection consists of 13 pieces of ceramic art works by Nakazato Hōan (1923-2009), owned by Kyushu Ceramic Museum.
He was a member of the Japan Art Academy, and has played a significant role not only for the Karatsu ware field but across boundaries, actively worked as one of the representatives of the ceramic artists in Japan. He also had enormous achievements as a researcher, obtained a doctoral degree for the research of the origin of the paddle technique of Karatsu ware.
In December 2009, the 14th generation of Nakazato Tarouemon (Nakazato Tadahiro), son of Nakazato Hōan donated 11 pieces of Hōan’s works to the Kyushu Ceramic Museum. The collection is his representative works from 1977 to 2001 after he succeeded to the name of the 13th generation of Nakazato Tarouemon.