DOI issue:
Nr. 210 (September 1910)
DOI article:Shugio, H.: Japanese art and artists of to-day, [2]: Ceramic Artists
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20970#0316
Japanese Art and Artists of To-day.—II.—Ceramic Artists
ware, very much admired by
our collectors. He has sent
several specimens of his
works to London this sum-
mer, among which there are
two pieces worthy of our
special attention. One ot
them is a vase (page 293)
decorated after Yunglo style
in gold and silver over the
dull red glaze. The other
vase, reproduced in colour
(p. 289), is of the green
Kutani style decorated with
a landscape design in colours,
painted after the famous
Morikage style, and it is very
beautifully executed.
Koransha, a great porce-
lain factory of Arita, in
Hizen, established by the
father of the present head of the company, turns
out many artistic pieces of porcelain. Fukagawa
Yeizayemon, the head of that company, is a very
VASE MADE BY FUKAGAWA
YEIZAYEMON, OF ARITA,
HIZEN
able successor to his father,
who was not only a good
potter, but a most culti-
vated man; and he has in-
creased his father’s business
very largely by gathering
round him many good
designers and potters. The
vase illustrated on this page
is a beautiful specimen of
Imari or Arita porcelain
decorated with a design of
ferns in blue under the glaze
and gold over the glaze.
Chuji, a younger brother
of the head of Koransha,
is now working indepen-
dently, and he often pro-
duces artistic porcelain.
There are numerous
VASE MADE BY OKUMURA SHOZAN OF KIOTO
292
porcelain fac-
tories and p o t-
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
pierced works are
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
good piece made by Keida. The Incense-burner
VASE MADE BY KAWAMURA
SEIZAN OF KIOTO
ware, very much admired by
our collectors. He has sent
several specimens of his
works to London this sum-
mer, among which there are
two pieces worthy of our
special attention. One ot
them is a vase (page 293)
decorated after Yunglo style
in gold and silver over the
dull red glaze. The other
vase, reproduced in colour
(p. 289), is of the green
Kutani style decorated with
a landscape design in colours,
painted after the famous
Morikage style, and it is very
beautifully executed.
Koransha, a great porce-
lain factory of Arita, in
Hizen, established by the
father of the present head of the company, turns
out many artistic pieces of porcelain. Fukagawa
Yeizayemon, the head of that company, is a very
VASE MADE BY FUKAGAWA
YEIZAYEMON, OF ARITA,
HIZEN
able successor to his father,
who was not only a good
potter, but a most culti-
vated man; and he has in-
creased his father’s business
very largely by gathering
round him many good
designers and potters. The
vase illustrated on this page
is a beautiful specimen of
Imari or Arita porcelain
decorated with a design of
ferns in blue under the glaze
and gold over the glaze.
Chuji, a younger brother
of the head of Koransha,
is now working indepen-
dently, and he often pro-
duces artistic porcelain.
There are numerous
VASE MADE BY OKUMURA SHOZAN OF KIOTO
292
porcelain fac-
tories and p o t-
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
pierced works are
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
good piece made by Keida. The Incense-burner
VASE MADE BY KAWAMURA
SEIZAN OF KIOTO