Kyôyaki
Set of 5 Buson haigatea cupsSigned: Kahô sha /Kahô sho
Seals: Dôhachi
Technique: grey gohonde kyôyaki with tetsu-e underglaze paintings ☐ 9.7 x 8.2
Box: signed by Dôhachi VI
Condition: fine
Box inscription: 陶四方 向付 Tôshihô, ‘Mokôzuke’, Square shaped pottery, ‘Mokôzuke’
Inside: 中島華鳳先生書并画 華中程亭道八製「印」道八、法螺山人
Nakajima Kahô sensei shoheiga, [signed:] Kachûtei Dôhachi sei [seals:] Dôhachi, Hora sanjin
1) 見失ふ鵜の出処や鼻の先。蕪村句
Miushinau / u no dedokoro ya / hana no saki – Buson ku Yosa Buson (1716-1783)
There he is again / the cormorant that disappeared from my sight / right in front of my nose
2) 六月や峰に雲置くあらし山。ばせを句
Rokugatsu ya / mine ni kumo oku / Arashiyama – Bashô ku Matsuo Bashô (1644-1694)
The sixth month / clouds surround its peak / Mount Arashi
3) 松茸やしらぬ木の葉のへばりつく。芭蕉句
Matsutake ya / shiranu konoha no /hebaritsuku – Bashô ku
Hunting for mushrooms / leaves of an unknown tree / stick to them
4) 獨り来一人を訪ふや冬の月。夜半翁句
Hitori kite / hitori wo tou ya / fuyu no tsuki – Yahanô ku (Buson)
I went alone / to someone who is alone / winter moon
5) 帛を裂琵琶の流や秋の声。夜半翁句
Kinu wo saku / Biwa no nagare ya / aki no koe - Yahanô ku
Like tearing silk / as shrill as the biwa’s melody / the voice of autumn
Kahô was born in Kyoto, son of the painter Nakajima Kayô (died1877), who studied with Yokoyama Kazan (1784-1837). Kahô studied painting under Mori Kansai (1814-1892) and calligraphy with his brother-in-law Tomioka Tessai (1836-1924), who was married to his sister Tatsu. Kahô studied haiga works by Kikaku, Buson and Gekkei, and made his own interpretations.
He participated in numerous exhibitions, including the World Exhibition in Chicago in 1893.
Reference:
Oranda Jin 2012
Berry '01 pp. 176-17
Berry & Morioka ‘08 p. 285
Haiku & Haiga p. 195
Araki p. 2030
Dôhachi VI was the son of Dôhachi IV (Michiyori Kachûtei) (1845-1897).
He was born in Kyoto, the second son of Takahashi Dôhach IV.
He studied with his father as well as with his brother Dôhachi V. He also studied at the Kyoto Municipal Ceramics Laboratory. He inherited the title after his brothers’ death and he became Dôhachi VI in 1915. At the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Shôwa in 1928 he produced a large flower vase. Known for his blue white porcelain and Sencha ware.
Price: SOLD
