19th c. Japanese Hirasa Bekko-yu Binshi Vase
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Directory: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1900: Item # 1501166
Directory: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1900: Item # 1501166
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A rare and beautiful Binshi vase covered in tortoise-shell glaze (Bekko-yu) from the Hirasa kilns. Dating from the later Edo period, it is 11 cm (4-1/2 inchese) diameter, 17.5 cm (6-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Following the Japanese invasion of Korea in the late 16th century Shimazu Yoshihiro brought to Japan with his returning army Korean potters who established a kiln in Uzumachi (Modern day Nagasaki prefecture). This was the origin of Kochosa-yaki. This rough texture is indicative of that style, however Kochosa was mostly dark glaze on a deep red clay. Genryuin works picked up where Kochosa leaves off, founded in 1663 by Ono Genryu. This kiln lasted a little less than a century, closing in the mid 1700s. Hirasa is said to have begun in 1786 as the personal kiln of the Hongo Clan, Lords of Satsuma, incorporating some of these earlier styles into a complex melee of wares from blue and white porcelain to rich iron glazes and sansai wares.
A rare and beautiful Binshi vase covered in tortoise-shell glaze (Bekko-yu) from the Hirasa kilns. Dating from the later Edo period, it is 11 cm (4-1/2 inchese) diameter, 17.5 cm (6-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Following the Japanese invasion of Korea in the late 16th century Shimazu Yoshihiro brought to Japan with his returning army Korean potters who established a kiln in Uzumachi (Modern day Nagasaki prefecture). This was the origin of Kochosa-yaki. This rough texture is indicative of that style, however Kochosa was mostly dark glaze on a deep red clay. Genryuin works picked up where Kochosa leaves off, founded in 1663 by Ono Genryu. This kiln lasted a little less than a century, closing in the mid 1700s. Hirasa is said to have begun in 1786 as the personal kiln of the Hongo Clan, Lords of Satsuma, incorporating some of these earlier styles into a complex melee of wares from blue and white porcelain to rich iron glazes and sansai wares.