id: 147071 accession number: 1972.9 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.9 updated: 2019-07-18 08:10:35.748000 Water Container (Mizusashi) with Grasses, late 1500s–early 1600s. Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615) to Edo period (1615-1858). Stoneware with underglaze iron oxide slip decoration (Mino ware, Shino type); diameter: 19.6 cm (7 11/16 in.); lid: 2.9 x 14.7 cm (1 1/8 x 5 13/16 in.); container: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1972.9 title: Water Container (Mizusashi) with Grasses title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late 1500s–early 1600s creation date earliest: 1575 creation date latest: 1625 current location: 235A Japanese creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615) to Edo period (1615-1858) technique: Stoneware with underglaze iron oxide slip decoration (Mino ware, Shino type) department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 19.6 cm (7 11/16 in.); Lid: 2.9 x 14.7 cm (1 1/8 x 5 13/16 in.); Container: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1972 opening date: 1973-02-27T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 27-March 18, 1973). title: The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 1982-06-30T04:00:00 The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 30-September 5, 1982). title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00 Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991). title: Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January 2018-July 2018 opening date: 2018-01-02T05:00:00 Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January 2018-July 2018. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 2-July 9, 2018). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: The water this container held during a tea ceremony was used to fill the kama, or iron pot in which the water is heated. digital description: wall description: Mizusashi are jars used to hold water for the preparation of tea at tea gatherings. This one was produced in the Mino area of present-day Gifu prefecture in central Japan, and is considered one of the finest of its type in existence, based on the complex aesthetic sensibilities developed around the tea ceremony in Japan. It is called a “picture Shino” (e-shino) mizusashi, as it has an abstracted design said to resemble an ink painting of reeds along a river bank and small boats in a river on one side, and a geometric pattern on the other. With its irregular shape and thick, luminous glaze, it is of a variety favored by eminent tea masters of the Momoyama period. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 379 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n399 Cunningham, Michael R. The Triumph of Japanese Style: 16th-Century Art in Japan. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with the Indiana University Press, 1991. page number: Reproduced: p. 137 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1972.9/1972.9_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1972.9/1972.9_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1972.9/1972.9_full.tif