Rokubei VI, the eldest son of Rokubei V, graduated from the Kyoto City School of Art and Craft (京都市立美術工芸学校) and Kyoto Municipal College of Painting (京都市立絵画専門学校) before apprenticing with his father from 1925.
In 1980, Rokubei VI collapsed while visiting an exhibition celebrating the Kiyomizu family's history.