id:			147073
accession number:	1972.9.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.9.b
updated:		2023-04-23 11:15:57.018000

Water Container (Mizusashi) with Riverscape (lid), late 1500s–early 1600s. Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615) to Edo period (1615-1858). Black lacquer; lid: 2.9 x 14.7 cm (1 1/8 x 5 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1972.9.b

title:				Water Container (Mizusashi) with Riverscape (lid)
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creation date:			late 1500s–early 1600s
creation date earliest:		1575
creation date latest:		1625
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615) to Edo period (1615-1858)
technique:	Black lacquer
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Lid: 2.9 x 14.7 cm (1 1/8 x 5 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2009-06-27T04:00:00
	<i>Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 2009).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650) from The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Japan House Gallery, New York, NY (March 19-May 17, 1981).

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PROVENANCE

	(Gatodo Gallery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1972
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1972-
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fun fact:
The water this container held during a tea ceremony was used to fill the <em>kama</em>, or iron pot in which the water is heated.

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wall description:
<em>Mizusashi</em> 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” (<em>e-shino</em>) 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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 379
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n399

	Cunningham, Michael R. <em>The Triumph of Japanese Style: 16th-Century Art in Japan</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with the Indiana University Press, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 137
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