Ceramics and Modernity in Japan

ISBN-13: 9780367143305 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 230 str.

Meghen M. Jones; Louise Allison Cort

Opis

Ceramics and Modernity in Japan offers a set of critical perspectives on the creation, patronage, circulation, and preservation of ceramics during Japan’s most dramatic period of modernization, in the Meiji to mid-Showa eras.

Spis treści

1 A potter’s paradise: The realm of ceramics in modern Japan. PART I. 2 Tradition, modernity, and national identity: Celadon production at the Makuzu ceramic workshop 1870–1916. 3 More than "Western": Porcelain for the Meiji Emperor’s table. PART II. 4 Modernizing ceramic form and decoration: Kyoto potters and the Teiten. 5 Unifying science and art: The Kyoto City Ceramic Research Institute (1896–1920) and ceramic art education during the Taisho era. PART III. 6 The spark that ignited the flame: Hamada Shōji, Paterson’s Gallery, and the birth of English studio pottery. 7 Okuda Seiichi and the new language of ceramics in Taisho (1912–1926) Japan. 8 The nude, the empire, and the porcelain vessel idiom of Tomimoto Kenkichi. PART IV. 9 Veiled references: The role of glaze in Japanese avant-garde ceramics. 10 Koyama Fujio’s view of modern Japanese ceramics and his role in the creation of "Living National Treasures". EPILOGUE. 11 Found in translation: Ceramics and social change.