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Tomioka Tessai Calligraphy, Antique Carved Vase browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Folk Art: Pre 1920: item # 1141069 Please refer to our stock # MOR4021 when inquiring.
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| An ancient and worn iron bound wooden Tsurube well bucket turned into a vase and engraved with the calligraphy of Tomioka Tessai (1837-1924) enclosed in a period stamped wooden box. Originally a wooden bar would have run through the upper center for the rope to tie to, the hole where it was is now plugged with old wood, and a copper liner inserted with a triad of chains joined in the center from which it could be hung. This piece extols the Japanese aesthetic of wabisabi, an appreciation of age and the beauty inherent in impermanence expressed through things as they move beyond their prime or function. The vessel is 10-1/2 inches (26.5 cm) tall, 8 inches (20 cm)@diameter and in fine original condition. Tomioka Tessai was a scholar artist trained from age seven in the traditional Confucian manner. After the death of his father he was apprenticed to a Shinto shrine, and later was forced to escape the capitol to Kyushu to avoid arrest for anti-governmental actions he had taken on part of the Imperial cause. Here he began serious study opf Literati painting and furthered his scholarly research. Upon returning to Kyoto he wa befriended by and moved to work under Otagaki Rengetsu, from whom he was heavily influenced. He helped to establish the Nihon Nanga-In and held a number of important positions, culminating in being appointed the official painter of the Emperor and a member of the Imperial Art Academy; the highest honor in Japanese Art circles. His works include a large number of scholar arts, including seal carving, wood carving and decorated ceramics. He is represented in innumerable important collections. Information on this important person is readily available, for more see Scholar Painters of Japan by Cahill (1972), Roberts Dictionary, or a quick internet search will find plenty of reading. He is held in the Tokyo National Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Kyoto, V&A etcc | ||||||||||||
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