Nanga
A set of 5 small chawan, decorated with orchid flowersSigned: Sekisô sanjin
Seals:
Technique: grey glazed Tokoname yaki with an underglaze blue tetsu-e decoration Ø 6,7 x 6,7
Box: signed by Shigenobu
Condition: fine
Sekisô, also known as Sekiyô was a Nanga painter from Handa Owari Province (Nowadays Aichi prefecture). He was the son and pupil of Yamamoto Baisô (1846-1921). Baisô, a pupil of Nukina Kaioku (1778-1863), was considered to be one of the three Nanga masters together with Kodama Katei (1841-1913) and Yoshitsugu Haizan (1846-1915).
Sekisô ‘decorated’ a lotInuyamayaki, often cooperation with the famous Owari potter Matsumoto Shigenobu (1864-1950).
Reference:
Araki p. 483
The famous ceramist Matsumoto Shigenobu was born in Tokoname, as the son of Matsumoto Shigetoshi. From 1885 he produced red Tokoname stoneware (Shudei ware) with which he had great success in Japan and the United States. Shigenobu was also a skilled engraver of Tokoname-ware. In the Taisho period he concentrated on producing tea bowls.
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