Kyôyaki
Kashiki, bowl for sweets - Ume no hana, plumblossomSigned: Kinsen ga
Seals: Tôzan and kiln seal
Technique: Kyôyaki, fine crackled glazed earthenware from Kyoto with an overglazed painting Ø18 x 9.5
Date: 1940
Box: signed by both potter and painter
Condition: fine
Box inscription outside: 菓子器 陶山造「印」陶山 Kashiki [signed:] Tôzan zô [seal:] Tôzan
inside: 紀元二千六百年 仁壽記念 金僊画「印」金僊
Kigen 2600 nen (1940) nijukinen - .. .. in rememberance of .. [signed:] Kinsen ga [seal:] Kinsen
Kinsen was the second son of Kubota Beisen (1852-1906). He studied with his father and accompanied him as a war correspondent in the Sino-Japanese war and later on his own in the Russo-Japanese war. He studied the paintings of Kôno Bairei (1844-95) and Shiokawa Bunrin (1801-77). After he graduated from the Kyoto Municipal School of Fine Arts he moved to Tokyo where he joined in important exhibitions and won the first prize at the Bunten.
Reference:
Roberts p. 94
Tôzan III was the son of ItôTôzan II (1871-1937) known for his porcelain and a grandson of Itô Tôzan (1846-1920), who was most celebrated for his earthenware ceramics.
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