id: 147441
accession number: 1973.18
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.18
updated: 2025-07-11 17:03:02.707000
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
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creation date: late 1300s–1400s
creation date earliest: 1392
creation date latest: 1499
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
technique: Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Shigaraki ware)
department: Japanese Art
collection: Japanese Art
type: Ceramic
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measurements: height: 45.7 cm (18 in.); Diameter: 42 cm (16 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Ukiyo-e: Floating World
opening date: 1973-06-11T04:00:00
Ukiyo-e: Floating World. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 11-September 2, 1973).
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.
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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'}
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PROVENANCE
(Yabumoto Sōshirō, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1973
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1973–
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RELATED WORKS
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Oyobe, Natsu, and Kazuko Todate. Clay as Soft Power: Shigaraki Ware in Postware America and Japan. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 2022.
page number: Reproduced: p. 30
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"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
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