Title
Bowl with design of cherry blossoms and maple leaves
20th century
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- Mino ware bowl with design of cherry blossom and maple leaf
- Alternative title
- Unkin hachi
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Shōwa period 1926 - 1988 → Japan
- Date
- 20th century
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- stoneware with overglaze enamel
- Dimensions
- 8.8 x 26.6 cm
- Signature & date
Artist's mark on base, ink, inscribed. Not dated.
Artist's mark on lid [associated NWA box], ink, inscribed. Not dated.- Credit
- Gift of Rev. Muneharu Kurozumi 1981
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 278.1981
- Artist information
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Arakawa Takeo
Works in the collection
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About
When cherry blossoms and autumn maples are combined as a motif, it is called 'cloud and brocade', referring to the cherry blossoms of Mount Yoshino and the maple leaves floating in Tatsuta River respectively. The poetic metaphors were originally made by the 7th century court poet Kakinomoto (no) Hitomaro, who was described as a saint of poetry in the 10th century 'Kokinshu', an anthology of ancient and contemporary poems.
Arakawa Takeo is the first son of Arakawa Toyozo (1894-1985), who was instrumental in rediscovering the Momoyama period kiln sites that produced Shino ware, and succeeded in recreating the characteristic luscious Shino glaze, the technique for which had been forgotten. Arakawa continues his father's passion for various traditional styles of tea wares.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.202.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
The four seasons, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Jun 1989–Jul 1990
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Jackie Menzies, Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, Sydney, 1991, 2. cat.no. 1
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'The aesthetic of transience', Sydney, 2003, 202 (colour illus.).
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