Colors of Kyoto: The Seifu Yohei Ceramic Studio

The Seifu Yohei Ceramic Studio in Kyoto from the Meiji period to the mid-Showa period is the focus of this catalogue, which includes a biography of Seifu Yohei III and an overview of the studio's place in the world of literati painting, sencha, and international trade. It also discusses the studio's production of porcelain for sencha and features 160 color illustrations of its works.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 216 pages
Publication date: 04 September 2023
Publisher: D Giles Ltd

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.

Weight: 808g
Dimension: 218 x 218 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781913875541