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Seifū Yohei III was the most prominent head of a ceramics studio in Kyoto that specialized in Chinese-style porcelains and especially items for use in <em>sencha</em> (煎茶), or the drinking of steeped-leaf tea with companions. Sencha was popular among the <em>bunjin</em> of Kyoto and Osaka, who often enjoyed it as part of their emulation of Chinese culture. While sencha was by design less formal than the Japanese tea ceremony, it still featured the display of treasured objects. Prized Chinese antiquities were generally unobtainable, so substitutes such as the <em>Gu-Shaped Flower Vase, </em><a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2022.224"><u>CMA 2022.224</u></a>, were much in demand. Bowls for distributing sweets, like this one, were also a staple of sencha gatherings.
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447765
label
Sweets Bowl
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object
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447765
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object
title
Sweets Bowl
description
Seifū Yohei III was the most prominent head of a ceramics studio in Kyoto that specialized in Chinese-style porcelains and especially items for use in <em>sencha</em> (煎茶), or the drinking of steeped-leaf tea with companions. Sencha was popular among the <em>bunjin</em> of Kyoto and Osaka, who often enjoyed it as part of their emulation of Chinese culture. While sencha was by design less formal than the Japanese tea ceremony, it still featured the display of treasured objects. Prized Chinese antiquities were generally unobtainable, so substitutes such as the <em>Gu-Shaped Flower Vase, </em><a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2022.224"><u>CMA 2022.224</u></a>, were much in demand. Bowls for distributing sweets, like this one, were also a staple of sencha gatherings.
date
1893–1914
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q117599814
creators
299428
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
height: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); Diameter: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
cul
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
accession
2022.195
Source extras
tec
Glazed porcelain
tombstone
Sweets Bowl (本窯璜玓磁菓子鉢), 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Glazed porcelain; height: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); diameter: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.195
titleInOriginalLanguage
本窯璜玓磁菓子鉢
collection
Japanese Art
inscriptions
inscription
清風
inscription_translation
“Seifū” inscribed on the base.
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1
inscription
金聲玉振
inscription_translation
Seal on the lid: “kinsei gyokushin”
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2
inscription
帝室技芸員
inscription_translation
Seal and inscription on the inside of the lid: Imperial Household Artist “Teishitsu gigei’in”
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3
didYouKnow
Names for the glazes, written in ink with a brush on the lids of the custom-made storage boxes for the works, often indicate a specific glaze or ware that had inspired Seifū Yohei III.
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.
creditline
Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
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2026-06-18 11:45:48.069000
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447765
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Glazed porcelain
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Asian (from 1900 to present)
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