International studio (41.1910)

Japanese Art and Artists of To-day.-—II.—Ceramic Artists

ware, very much admired by --a^]e successor to his father,

our collectors. He has sent . —---- who was not only a good

several specimens of his / \ potter, but a most culti-

works to London this sum- fmT \ vated man; and he has in-

mer, among which there are ITjK j|P*' '-'M creased his father's business

two pieces worthy of our -Wl.' jLJfik-. '^Bk Iff <y' Jtt- j very largely by gathering-

special attention. One of round him many good

them is a vase (page 293) «HHH^ ... "IjpP^ ^Wp^mjlU designers and potters. The
decorated after Yunglo style \ ?^,r. '%m§^*-'JSSy vase illustrated on this page

in gold and silver over the Np^, \ / , ~ HIP ' fjSf is a beautiful specimen of
dull red glaze. The other ^SSbLj^/JH /jtelPi fU Imari or Arita porcelain

vase, reproduced in colour ^Bf^'*a^*fDv' ,/ decorated with a design of

(p. 289), is of the green / ferns in blue under the glaze

Kutani style decorated with ^^PT" ^^^^^k and gold over the glaze,

a landscape design in colours, / fflSk Chuji, a younger brother

painted after the famous \§2 of the head of Koransha,

Morikage style, and it is very WSSK^^^ 'S n°W wor'c'nS indepen-

beautifully executed. ') dently, and he often pro-

Koransha, a great porce- vase made by fukagawa SpH^I duces artistic porcelain,

lain factory of Arita, in "^'^"'zen* arita' IImM There are numerous

Hizen, established by the

father of the present head of the company, turns porcelain fac-
out many artistic pieces of porcelain. Fukagawa tories and pot-
Yeizayemon, the head of that company, is a very ters in Arita, the

greatest porcelain
centre of Japan,
as it has been
always since
porcelain was
made in Japan.

Masat aro
Keida, of Kago-
shima, Satsuma,
is the foremost
potter at present
in that province,
and he produces
really very artistic
pieces, almost as
good as the good
old Satsuma
pieces so much
admired both in
Japan and Europe.

His delicately vasr made by kawamura
pierced works are SEIZAN 0F KIOTO

extremely fine,

and very beautifully executed. They are usually
of good shapes, and often perfect in workman-
ship. The vase with the elephant's head handles,
decorated with the design of chrysanthemums
and painted in gold and colours over the beau-
tifully crackled creamy glaze (page 293), is a
vase made by okumura shozan of kioto good piece made by Keida. The Incense-burner

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