Rare Edo p. Fushina Yaki Pottery Box, Daimyo Collection
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Directory: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1900: Item # 1458944
Directory: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1900: Item # 1458944
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A rare large piece of Edo period Fushina Yaki pottery in the form of a parallelogram shaped box decorated on all sides with landscapes, including what is likely a view of Matsue castle, home of the Matsudaira clan. On hte lid cranes soar between garden rock formations. Inside a SEa Turtle, said to live 1000 years, occupies the center. Called a Jikiro, these types of large containers were used for serving and storing prepared foods. More commonly associated with tea, large works like this from Fushina are quite rare. It is 27 x 37 cm (10-3/4 x 15 inches) from point to point. There are two old hairline cracks visible in the glaze, to be expected from the soft, low fired clay. The old age-darkened wooden box is titled outside: Fushina Jikiro (Fushina Food Receptacle). Inside is the character Ga which means celebration followed by the Kao or stylized signature of Matsudaira Fumai (Harusato) placing the piece in the heyday of Fushina production and formerly officially in the possession of the Daimyo feudal lords of Matsue.
Fushina-yaki was the Goyogama clan kiln of the Matsudaira of Matsue Han in modern day Izumo, established around 1764. It fell strongly under the aesthetic taste of Matsudaira Harusato (1751-1818) Daimyo of the province and one of the most influential Tea Masters of the later Edo period. His style of ceremony continues to this day as the Fumai-ryu style of tea.
Flagging in the late 19th century, artists such as the great scholar and Nanga artist Tanomura Chokunyu sought to revitalize it, and came to Shimane to decorate the works or to teach decoration and painting techniques. It became an important influence on the Mingei movement and was visited by Bernard Leach, Hamada Shoji and Kawai Kanjiro in the early 20th century.
A rare large piece of Edo period Fushina Yaki pottery in the form of a parallelogram shaped box decorated on all sides with landscapes, including what is likely a view of Matsue castle, home of the Matsudaira clan. On hte lid cranes soar between garden rock formations. Inside a SEa Turtle, said to live 1000 years, occupies the center. Called a Jikiro, these types of large containers were used for serving and storing prepared foods. More commonly associated with tea, large works like this from Fushina are quite rare. It is 27 x 37 cm (10-3/4 x 15 inches) from point to point. There are two old hairline cracks visible in the glaze, to be expected from the soft, low fired clay. The old age-darkened wooden box is titled outside: Fushina Jikiro (Fushina Food Receptacle). Inside is the character Ga which means celebration followed by the Kao or stylized signature of Matsudaira Fumai (Harusato) placing the piece in the heyday of Fushina production and formerly officially in the possession of the Daimyo feudal lords of Matsue.
Fushina-yaki was the Goyogama clan kiln of the Matsudaira of Matsue Han in modern day Izumo, established around 1764. It fell strongly under the aesthetic taste of Matsudaira Harusato (1751-1818) Daimyo of the province and one of the most influential Tea Masters of the later Edo period. His style of ceremony continues to this day as the Fumai-ryu style of tea.
Flagging in the late 19th century, artists such as the great scholar and Nanga artist Tanomura Chokunyu sought to revitalize it, and came to Shimane to decorate the works or to teach decoration and painting techniques. It became an important influence on the Mingei movement and was visited by Bernard Leach, Hamada Shoji and Kawai Kanjiro in the early 20th century.