id:			152043
accession number:	1984.9
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.9
updated:		2024-04-24 11:46:26.406000

Container for Flowers, 1983. Kohyama Yasuhisa (Japanese, b. 1936). Stoneware; overall: 21.7 x 20 cm (8 9/16 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Louis D. Kacalieff, M.D. Fund 1984.9

title:				Container for Flowers
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creation date:			1983
creation date earliest:		1983
creation date latest:		1983
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creditline:			Louis D. Kacalieff, M.D. Fund
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culture:	Japan, Shōwa period (1926–89)
technique:	stoneware
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* Kohyama Yasuhisa (Japanese, b. 1936)  - artist
Born in the ancient pottery town of Shigaraki, Kohyama began working at a ceramic factory when he was fifteen. He performed chores at Oumi Kagaku Touki, the largest factory in Shigaraki that was influenced by Scandinavian design, during the day and trained in basic ceramic throwing techniques in the evenings at a vocational school. In 1955, he apprenticed under Sakuzo Hineo (1907–1984), a potter from Ueno, and began to concentrate on tableware. In the 1960s, Kohyama started collaborating with designers and architects to create ceramic tile installations. However, he is now best known for his vessels, both traditional wares like tea bowls as well as more experimental, sculptural forms. Many of Kohyama’s pieces are suitable for ikebana, the art of flower arrangement in which he himself is highly skilled. He developed and continues to hone his creative process of cutting away clay with metal wires. He prefers to fire his works in a wood-fired anagama kiln. He has come to Cleveland three times to serve as an instructor for the Cleveland Institute of Art and for Kent State University: in 1993, 1999, and 2008.
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measurements: Overall: 21.7 x 20 cm (8 9/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review for 1984
	opening date:   1985-04-03T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review for 1984</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1984-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1984."€ <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 72, no. 2, 1985, pp. 163-207.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 205, no. 156
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159897

	Kohyama, Yasuhisa, Susan Jefferies, Michael R. Cunningham, Yoshiaki Inui, and Jack Lenor Larsen. <em>Yasuhisa Kohyama: The Art of Ceramics</em>. Stuttgart, Germany: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2012.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 102-103, fig. 57
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	North, Alice, Halsey North, Louise Allison Cort, Glenn Adamson, and Sakiyo Yagi. <em>Listening to Clay: Conversations with Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Artists.</em> New York, NY : Monacelli, 2022.
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 95; Reproduced: P. 98, fig. 4.5
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