Research Catalog

Title

Colors of Kyoto : the Seifū Yohei Ceramic Studio / Shinya Maezaki, Sinéad Vilbar.

Author

Maezaki, Shinya

Publication

• Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland Museum of Art ; Lewes, UK : D. Giles Limited, 2023.
• ©2023

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Details

Additional Authors

• Seifū, Yohei, III, 1851-1914
• Vilbar, Sinéad
• Griswold, William
• Williams, Marjorie, 1950-
• Cleveland Museum of Art, host institution.

Description

216 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 22 x 22 cm.

Summary

"The first comprehensive look in English at the Seifū Yohei ceramic studio in Kyoto, from the Meiji period (1868-1912) to the mid-Shōwa 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 Seifū 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 Seifū 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"--

Series Statement

Cleveland Masterwork Series ; 7

Uniform Title

Cleveland masterwork series ; 7.

Alternative Title

Seifū Yohei Ceramic Studio

Subject

• Seifū, Yohei, III, 1851-1914 > Exhibitions
• Cleveland Museum of Art > Exhibitions
• Pottery, Japanese > 1868- > Exhibitions
• Porcelain, Japanese > Japan > Kyoto > 1868- > Exhibitions
• Céramique japonaise > 1868- > Expositions
• Porcelaine japonaise > Japon > Kyōto > 1868- > Expositions

Note

• "Published on the occasion of the exhibition Colors of Kyoto: the Seifū Yohei Ceramic Studio, on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art August 19-2023-March 10, 2024"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• 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 Seifū Yohei III / Shinya Maezaki -- Porcelain in Kyoto / Sinéad Vilbar -- Entries / Sinéad Vilbar -- ppendix: seals and signatures / Sinéad Vilbar -- Concordance of terms / Sinéad Vilbar.

Call Number

NK4167.6

ISBN

• 1913875547
• 9781913875541

LCCN

2023933031

OCLC

• 1371279261
• on1371279261
• SCSB-14692803

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries