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<em>Mizusashi </em>are jars used to hold water for the preparation of tea at tea gatherings. This one was produced in the Mino area of present-day Gifu Prefecture in central Japan. It is called a “picture Shino” (<em>e-shino</em>) mizusashi, as it has an abstracted design on one side, said to resemble an ink painting of reeds and small boats along a riverbank, and a geometric pattern on the other. With its irregular shape and thick, luminous glaze, it is of a variety favored by eminent tea masters of the Momoyama period.
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147071
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Water Container (Mizusashi) with Riverscape
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147071
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Water Container (Mizusashi) with Riverscape
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<em>Mizusashi </em>are jars used to hold water for the preparation of tea at tea gatherings. This one was produced in the Mino area of present-day Gifu Prefecture in central Japan. It is called a “picture Shino” (<em>e-shino</em>) mizusashi, as it has an abstracted design on one side, said to resemble an ink painting of reeds and small boats along a riverbank, and a geometric pattern on the other. With its irregular shape and thick, luminous glaze, it is of a variety favored by eminent tea masters of the Momoyama period.
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late 1500s–early 1600s
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en
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Q60758464
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Ceramic
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Diameter: 19.6 cm (7 11/16 in.); Lid: 2.9 x 14.7 cm (1 1/8 x 5 13/16 in.); Container: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.)
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Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615) to Edo period (1615-1858)
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1972.9
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Stoneware with underglaze iron oxide slip decoration (Mino ware, Shino type) and lacquer lid (modern replacement)
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Water Container (Mizusashi) with Riverscape (絵志野水指), late 1500s–early 1600s. Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615) to Edo period (1615-1858). Stoneware with underglaze iron oxide slip decoration (Mino ware, Shino type) and lacquer lid (modern replacement); diameter: 19.6 cm (7 11/16 in.); lid: 2.9 x 14.7 cm (1 1/8 x 5 13/16 in.); container: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1972.9
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絵志野水指
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Japanese Art
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The water this container held during a tea gathering was used to fill the <em>kama</em>, or iron pot in which the water is heated.
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Lee, Sherman E. “Some Japanese Tea Taste Ceramics.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 60, no. 9 (November 1973): 267–278.
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Mentioned and reproduced: p. 275-276, fig. 8
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
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Reproduced: p. 379
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Lee, Sherman E, Ursula Korneitchouk, Michael R Cunningham, Ursula Korneitchouk, Cleveland Museum of Art, Japan House Gallery, Japan Society (New York, N.Y.), and Japan House Gallery. <em>One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650): From the Cleveland Museum of Art: Catalogue</em>. New York: Japan Society, 1981.
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Mentioned and reproduced: P. 75, no. 41
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Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
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Mentioned and reproduced: P. 141-142, no. 145
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Cunningham, Michael R.<em> The Triumph of Japanese Style: 16th-Century Art in Japan</em>. Cleveland, OH: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with the Indiana University Press, 1991.
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Reproduced: p. 137
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Takeuchi, Junʼichi 竹内順一, and Dean Robson. <em>Oribe, iwayuru Oribeizumu ni tsuite: Gifuken Bijutsukan kaikan 15-shūnen kinenten</em> [織部, いわゆるオリベイズムについて : 岐阜県美術館開館 15周年記念 = Oribe, (re)searching "Oribeism" : special exhibition for the 15th anniversary of the Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu]. Gifu-shi: Gifu-ken Bijutsukan, 1997.
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Reproduced: p. 97, cat. no. 50
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 07:32:51.212000
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147071
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Stoneware with underglaze iron oxide slip decoration (Mino ware, Shino type) and lacquer lid (modern replacement)
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