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1.
Master Tea Bowls 

The Beauty of Pottery in the Momoyama Period


INTRODUCTION:

The Tokugawa and Gotoh Museums possess a large number of excellent tea ceremony utensils. This book is the catalog of the joint exhibition "Master Tea Bowls: The Beauty of Pottery in the Momoyama" held in 2002 by the two museums.

The exhibition introduced the history of the tea ceremony and the formation and transition of the aesthetic sense of the tea ceremony through masterpieces from the late Muromachi and Momoyama periods. The catalog contains approximately 120 tea bowls, presented in five chapters.


-”Higashiyama Gomotsu" Treasures of the Ashikaga Shoguns

-TAKENO JŌ-ō and the Creation of the Wabi Aesthetic

-Sen no Rikyu: The Master of all Tea Masters

-Furuta Oribe and the Diverse World of Tea

-"Hakuan" Tea Bowls and the Development of Wabi


A list of all the tea bowls is included at the end of the catalog in English.


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Publisher: The Tokugawa Art Museum / The Gotoh Museum

Published in 2002

Paperback, 176 pages

Size: approx 250mm X 255mm X 15mm ( 9.8 inches X 10.0 inches X 0.6 inches ) 

Weight: approx 910g

Language: Japanese, list of tea bowls translated into English

Plates: all in color




2.

Master Tea Bowls 

The Aesthetics of the Edo Period


INTRODUCTION:

The Tokugawa and Gotoh Museums possess a large number of excellent tea ceremony utensils. This book is the catalog of the joint exhibition "Master Tea Bowls: The Aesthetics of the Edo Period" held in 2005 by the two museums.

This exhibition introduced tea bowls made during the Keicho and Genna era(1596-1624) -an important point of cultural intersection between the Momoyama and Edo periods- several tea bowls used in the newly developed tea ceremony of the Kanei era(1624-44), and tea bowls from this period yet later acclaimed by tea masters. The catalog contains approximately 120 tea bowls, presented in four chapters.


-The Profound Impact of Momoyama Period: Keicho to Genna Era(1596-1624)

-Imported Tea Bowls: Karamono (Chinese) and Annan (Vietnamese)

-Hon'ami Kōetsu and The Raku Family

-Kyōyaki (Kyoto Ware) and Kilns in the Western Japan


A list of all the tea bowls is included at the end of the catalog in English.



Comments from us

This 2005 exhibition was a sequel to the well-received 2002 exhibition, Master Tea Bowls: The Beauty of Pottery in the Momoyama Period. By viewing both catalogs, you will be able to browse almost the entire collection of great bowls from the late Muromachi to the Edo period and trace the transition of the aesthetic sense in the tea ceremony.

We highly recommend both books.


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Publisher: The Tokugawa Art Museum / The Gotoh Museum

Published in 2005

Paperback, 198 pages

Size: approx 250mm X 255mm X 18mm ( 9.8 inches X 10.0 inches X 0.7 inches ) 

Weight: approx 1010g

Language: Japanese, list of tea bowls translated into English

Plates: all in color




3.

Pottery Dictionary in Color


INTRODUCTION:

This dictionary compiled by the renowned ceramic artist KATO Tokuro, contains approximately 9,100 terms selected from the viewpoints of technique, history, and appreciation of ceramics. The entries were selected and written by Kato and 12 other experts in various fields.Although the book focuses mainly on Japanese ceramics, it also includes terms for Chinese, Korean, Middle Eastern, and European ceramics.
About 870 illustrations in color are included from the two perspectives of documentation and appreciation, including famous vessels such as national treasures, important cultural properties, and masterpieces.
About 800 major figures in the history of ceramics are listed, also includes the signatures of important ceramic artists.

Comments from us
The creation of this dictionary was triggered by the existence of a vast collection of notecards by the potter Kato Karakuro on ceramics. The notes included his own experiences in pottery making, secret techniques of pottery making, locations of clay and glaze, characteristics of kilns in different regions, modern scientific techniques of pottery making, all the ceramics of Japan including Seto and Karatsu, and even the knowledge of ceramics in Korea, China, and Central Asia. It was like a doctor's chart.
In his postscript, he states that since he started from notes generated by the needs of his own pottery making, the descriptions are very precise in this respect, and this is what makes this dictionary unique.
We recommend this book for the enthusiastic ceramic enthusiast. All descriptions are in Japanese.

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Publisher: Tankosha Publishing Co., Ltd.

Hardcover with slipcase, 1037pages

Size: approx 200 X 273 X 60mm (7.9 inches X 10.7 inches X 2.4 inches ) 

Weight: approx 2400g

Language: Japanese

Plates: all in color





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