Born in 1948 into a family deeply immersed in the porcelain world, Yoshihiro Imaizumi’s father, Genyu Imaizumi, was a distinguished collector and connoisseur with family ties to Imaizumi Imaemon XIV, a renowned figure in the field. As a child, Imaizumi grew up surrounded by Nabeshima and Ko-Imari masterpieces, developing an appreciation and keen eye for Japanese porcelain. After graduating from university in 1971, Imaizumi joined the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford University as a visiting researcher. During this time, he engaged with esteemed Japanese porcelain collectors and conducted extensive research on Japanese porcelain collections housed in English country houses. He transitioned to Christie’s, London, in 1972, where he worked in the Asian Art department. He returned to Tokyo in 1973 to manage his family-owned company, Togeisha. Since then, he has led an active career on the art market, identifying notable Kakiemon and Ko-Imari pieces that had been exported to Europe by the Dutch East India Company from c. 1650 to c. 1750. Many of these pieces are now housed in important Japanese museums or private collections.