id: 149406
accession number: 1978.6
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1978.6
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Tea Storage Jar, mid- to late 1600s. Nonomura Ninsei (Japanese, active 1640s–90s). Stoneware with white glaze (Shigaraki style); height: 28.3 cm (11 1/8 in.); diameter: 28.7 cm (11 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1978.6
title: Tea Storage Jar
title in original language: 茶壺
series:
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creation date: mid- to late 1600s
creation date earliest: 1625
creation date latest: 1699
current location:
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:
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culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique: Stoneware with white glaze (Shigaraki style)
department: Japanese Art
collection: Japanese Art
type: Ceramic
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catalogue raisonne:
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CREATORS
* Nonomura Ninsei (Japanese, active 1640s–90s) - artist
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measurements: height: 28.3 cm (11 1/8 in.); Diameter: 28.7 cm (11 5/16 in.)
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inscriptions:
inscription: Ninsei seal impressed in the clay on bottom.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1978
opening date: 1979-02-13T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1978. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 13-March 18, 1979).
title: Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection
opening date: 1991-09-17T04:00:00
Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).
title: Reeds and Geese: Japanese Art from the Collection of George Gund III
opening date: 2017-05-21T04:00:00
Reeds and Geese: Japanese Art from the Collection of George Gund III. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 21-September 3, 2017).
title: Early Rinpa (Japanese gallery rotation) 235
opening date: 2020-10-16T04:00:00
Early Rinpa (Japanese gallery rotation) 235. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 23, 2020-January 17, 2021).
title: Rinpa (琳派) (Japanese gallery rotation) 235
opening date: 2021-04-23T04:00:00
Rinpa (琳派) (Japanese gallery rotation) 235. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 23-October 3, 2021).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Ishikawa Prefectural Museum, #58, 19?', 'opening_date': None}
* {'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': '1981-03-19T05:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 30-September 5, 1982).', 'opening_date': '1982-06-30T04:00:00Z'}
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PROVENANCE
paper on underside of box lid: A tea container by Ninsei alleged to come from the Meada family of Toyama.
date:
footnotes:
citations:
(Fugendo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1978
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citations:
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1978–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Zauhō Kankōkai 座右寶刋行會. Sekai tōji zenshū [世界陶磁全集 = Ceramic Art of the World]. Vol. 6, Edo hen [江戶篇 = Edo Period]. Edited by Tadamari Mitsuoka. Tōkyō: Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 1955.
page number: Reproduced: p. 125, pl. 120
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Yamane, Yūzō 山根有三, Shūjirō Shimada 島田修二郎, and Terukazu Akiyama 秋山光和. Zaigai Nihon no shihō 在外日本の至宝. Tōkyō: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1979.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced; no. 75, p. 140, plate 75
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Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1978.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 66, no. 1, 1979, pp. 3–47.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 146, p. 40
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159613
Cort, Louise Allison. Shigaraki, Potters' Valley. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1979.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 176, p. 157
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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: cat. no. 44
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Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 149
url:
Yamane, Yūzō 山根有三, Takashi Hamada 山根有三, et al. Zaigai bijutsu [在外美術 = Selections of Japanese Art from Western Collections]. Tōkyō: Shōgakukan, 1994.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 219; p. 237, no. 129
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IMAGES
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