1924 Inoue Koichi comes to Kyoto from Seto City, Aichi Prefecture.

          He opens a kiln at the foot of Mt. Amida-ga-mine in Higashiyama and takes the name of the first Shunpou of Shogetsuan.

1950 Inoue Koji is born as the eldest son of the second Shunpou.

1970 After the death of the first, the eldest daughter Inoue Tsutako takes the name of the second Shunpou.

1974 After graduating from Ritsumeikan University,

          he studies pottery techniques at the Kyoto Prefectural Ceramic Training School and the Kyoto City Industrial Research Institute,

          while also working to improve his pottery techniques under the second Shunpou.

1988 He is granted the title of “Zaishin” by the 58th abbot of Oubakusan Manpukuji Temple, His Holiness Okuda Kourou.

          Since then, he has been making pottery under that name. Exhibited at exhibitions and public exhibitions

1998 After the death of the second, took the name of the third Shunpou

          and received the certificate of Oubaku-Tosho from Oubakusan Manpukuji Temple

2006 Held an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Oubaku-Tosho Commission

          at the Yokohama Takashimaya and Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store Tokyo Art Galleries

2011 Held 60th birthday exhibition at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store Art Gallery, Tokyo

Currently Representative of the Japan Sencha Kogei Association

          Judge of the Japan Sencha Kogei Exhibition

          Board member of the Kyoto Ceramic Association