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Yohei IV’s <em>Vase with Bamboo Joints </em>has a shape often seen in pairs of bronze flower vases placed to either side of Buddhist altars before sculptural icons. While the term <em>hisoku </em>(Chinese <em>mise </em>秘色), or “mysterious color” glazing, indicates a more specific green color than <em>seiji</em> 青磁, a more general word for green-glazed porcelain, there is still some range in the actual color of the glaze.
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Document identity
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299444
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Vase with Bamboo Joints
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299444
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object
title
Vase with Bamboo Joints
description
Yohei IV’s <em>Vase with Bamboo Joints </em>has a shape often seen in pairs of bronze flower vases placed to either side of Buddhist altars before sculptural icons. While the term <em>hisoku </em>(Chinese <em>mise </em>秘色), or “mysterious color” glazing, indicates a more specific green color than <em>seiji</em> 青磁, a more general word for green-glazed porcelain, there is still some range in the actual color of the glaze.
date
1914–46
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q117793523
creators
299426
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
height: 30.5 cm (12 in.); Diameter: 15.2 cm (6 in.); height with stand: 33 cm (13 in.)
cul
Japan, Taishō period (1912–26)
accession
2022.235
Source extras
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Porcelain with green glaze and molded design
tombstone
Vase with Bamboo Joints, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). Porcelain with green glaze and molded design; height: 30.5 cm (12 in.); diameter: 15.2 cm (6 in.); height with stand: 33 cm (13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.235
collection
Japanese Art
inscriptions
inscription
清風
inscription_translation
“Seifū” inscribed on the base
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1
inscription
清風造【印】清風
inscription_translation
Inscription on inside of the box lid: "Made by Seifū" with gourd-shaped seal reading "Seifū"
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2
inscription
成山清風
inscription_translation
Seal on the top of the box lid: “Seizan Seifū”
inscription_remark
The storage box is also inscribed with a description of the flower vase.
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3
didYouKnow
Many ceramics created by the Seifū Studio refer to and emulate Chinese ceramics in form and glazing.
citations
citation
Maezaki, Shinya and Sinéad Vilbar. <em>Colors of Kyoto: The Seifū Yohei Ceramic Studio</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 93, pp. 180–183
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Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
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2026-05-29 08:53:49.896000
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299444
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Porcelain with green glaze and molded design
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male
Asian (from 1900 to present)
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