Colors of Kyoto : the Seifu Yohei ceramic studio
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Colors of Kyoto : the Seifu Yohei ceramic studio
(Cleveland masterwork series, 7)
D Giles Limited, 2023
Available at 6 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
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Exhibition catalogue
"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."--T.P. verso
Includes bibliography and index
Artist: Seifu Yohei
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is 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 89), 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 contextualises 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, as well as a discussion of objects produced by the Seifu studio for sencha. This catalogue of a hundred works examines the wide variety of forms, decorative techniques and glazes that made the studio's works unique. AUTHORS: Shinya Maezaki is a professor at Kyoto Women's University. Sinead Vilbar is curator of Japanese Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art. SELLING POINTS: . Features the Seifu Yohei Ceramic Studio in Kyoto from the Meiji period (1868-1912) to early Showa period (1926-89) . Focuses on the domestic market vs. international market, modernization vs. Westernization, and China as a cultural model . Biographical essay on Seifu Yohei III . Essay on sencha . Great photography of Seifu works displaying a great variety of techniques, glazes, and forms 160 colour illustrations
Table of Contents
- Director’s Foreword
- Preface: Pursuit of Perfection by Marjorie L. Williams
- Acknowledgements
- Establishing Ceramics of Imperial Japan: The Life and Art of Seifū Yohei III by Shinya Maezaki
- Porcelain in Kyoto by Sinéad Vilbar
- Entries by Sinéad Vilbar
- Appendix: Seals and signatures by Sinéad Vilbar
- Concordance of Terms by Sinéad Vilbar
- Bibliography
- Index
- The Cleveland Museum of Art Board of Trustees
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