Ōta Hiroaki (1913–1991): Born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Ōta Hiroaki is regarded as one of the foremost cloisonné enamel artists of the Shōwa era. He exhibited regularly at the Nitten exhibition. The third generation of enamellers in his family, he was the son of Ōta Yoshisaburō, who worked in Nagoya during the Meiji period and received an award at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris. He founded the family workshop, Daichiki, which is today run by his son.