id: 147441 accession number: 1973.18 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.18 updated: 2024-10-10 11:14:25.969000 Storage Jar, late 1300s–1400s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Shigaraki ware); height: 45.7 cm (18 in.); diameter: 42 cm (16 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1973.18 title: Storage Jar title in original language: 壺 series: series in original language: creation date: late 1300s–1400s creation date earliest: 1392 creation date latest: 1499 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) technique: Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Shigaraki ware) department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: height: 45.7 cm (18 in.); Diameter: 42 cm (16 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 1982-06-20T04:00:00 The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 22, 1982). title: Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen opening date: 1984-08-01T04:00:00 Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 1-October 14, 1984). title: Asian Autumn: Early Ceramics from Japan and Korea opening date: 1995-09-16T04:00:00 Asian Autumn: Early Ceramics from Japan and Korea. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 3, 1995). title: Koshigaraki - The Shigaraki Jar in the Middle Ages opening date: 1999-09-10T00:00:00 Koshigaraki - The Shigaraki Jar in the Middle Ages. Miho Museum (organizer) (September 1-December 15, 1999). 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 Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 2009). title: Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation opening date: 2018-01-02T05:00:00 Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 2-July 9, 2018). title: Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation opening date: 2018-07-11T04:00:00 Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 11, 2018-January 7, 2019). title: Clay as Soft Power: Shigaraki Ware in Postwar America and Japan opening date: 2022-11-12T05:00:00 Clay as Soft Power: Shigaraki Ware in Postwar America and Japan. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (organizer) (November 12, 2022-May 7, 2023) https://www.umma.umich.edu/exhibitions/2022/clay-as-soft-power-shigaraki-ware-in-postwar-america-and-japan. --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Folk Traditions in Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (September 20-October 29, 1978); Japan House Gallery, New York (November 14, 1978-January 7, 1979); Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, (January 26-March 11, 1979).', 'opening_date': '1978-09-20T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650) from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Japan House Gallery, New York, NY (March 19-May 17, 1981).', 'opening_date': '1981-03-19T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE (Yabumoto Sōshirō, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1973 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1973– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Hauge, Victor, and Takako Hauge. Folk Traditions in Japanese Art. Washington: International Exhibitions Foundation, 1978. page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 56, pp. 91, 237 url: Lee, Sherman E., Michael R. Cunningham, and Ursula Korneitchouk. One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650): From the Cleveland Museum of Art: Catalogue. New York: Japan Society, 1981. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 60–61, no. 31 url: Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 139-140, no. 143 url: Kiseki no tsuchi: Shigarakiyaki o meguru mittsu no keshiki: Tokubetsuten [奇跡の土: 信楽焼をめぐる三つの景色: 特別展 = Miraculous Clay: Three Ceramic Landscapes Showcase Shigaraki Ware]. Koka: Shiga kenritsu togei no mori, 2020. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 54, cat. no. 56 url: "Clay as Soft Power." Asian Art: The Newspaper for Collectors, Dealers, Museums and Galleries 26, i. 1 (November 2022): 10. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 10 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.18/1973.18_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.18/1973.18_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.18/1973.18_full.tif