"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Colors of Kyoto: the Seifu Yohei Ceramic Studio, on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art August 19-2023-March 10, 2024"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Director's foreword / William M. Grisworld -- Preface: pursuit of perfection / Marjorie L. Williams -- Establishing ceramics of Imperial Japan: the life and art of Seifu Yohei III / Shinya Maezaki -- Porcelain in Kyoto / Sinead Vilbar -- Entries / Sinead Vilbar -- ppendix: seals and signatures / Sinead Vilbar -- Concordance of terms / Sinead Vilbar.
Summary:
"The first comprehensive look in English at the Seifu Yohei ceramic studio in Kyoto, from the Meiji period (1868–1912) to the mid-Showa period (1926–1989), this book takes the James and Christine Heusinger Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art as its core material. The principal essay provides a biography of Seifu Yohei III, the star of the studio and the first ceramist to be named an Imperial Household Artist, as well as an overview of the studio that contextualizes it in the world of literati painting, sencha (steeped green tea), and international trade. A second essay offers a brief history of porcelain production in Kyoto, along with a discussion of objects produced by the Seifu studio for sencha. The catalogue of one hundred works examines the wide variety of forms, decorative techniques, and glazes that made the studio’s works unique"-- Provided by publisher.
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