Object Details
Artist
Miura Ken'ya (1821-1889)
Description
Clay: hard, whitish; Raku-type earthenware.
Glaze: brilliant seal-brown and cream; the latter crackled and slightly iridescent. Lead glazes.
Decoration: in brown under glaze: bush clover and pampas grass.
Signature: Kenya
One of a set: F1904.429.1-8.
Signatures
Ken'ya
Label
The painted decoration of bush clover and pampas grass, both of which are included among a poetic "seven grasses of autumn," provides seasonal nuance. It could be argued that the curving contour of the reserved white surface suggests the full moon, in which case the theme would be Musashino, a plain in the western Kanto region. This was a reedy hinterland in the poetic imagination, but irreverent critics maintain that it was reallly a mixed hardwood forest managed by locals as a charcoal supply.
Provenance
To 1904
Kosa Honma (1842-1909), to 1904 [1]
From 1904 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Kosa Honma in 1904 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 131, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] See note 1.
[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History
Artists of Edo (November 19, 2005 to May 29, 2006)
The Potter's Brush: The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics (December 9, 2001 to October 27, 2002)
Previous custodian or owner
Honma Kosa (1842-1909) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date
late 19th century
Period
Meiji era
Accession Number
F1904.429.1a-b
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Buff clay with iron glaze and iron pigment under transparent lead glaze
Dimensions
H x W x D (overall): 6.9 x 15.1 x 15.7 cm (2 11/16 x 5 15/16 x 6 3/16 in)
Origin
Tokyo, Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
iridescence
ceramic
autumn
Meiji era (1868 - 1912)
tea
grass
Japan
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1904.429.1a-b