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In this tea storage jar, Nonomura Ninsei reinterpreted a Shigaraki stoneware—made to hold agricultural products and known for its warm orange color, asymmetrical round forms, and irregular natural ash glazes—to produce a more refined piece that would appeal to tea masters seeking a touch of rusticity. In Japanese tea culture, hanging scroll paintings or calligraphy are placed in the tokonoma<em>,</em> or viewing alcove, for participants to admire and discuss along with the utensils used in the gathering. The scrolls are typically paired with vessels containing seasonal floral arrangements.
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149406
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Tea Storage Jar
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149406
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Tea Storage Jar
description
In this tea storage jar, Nonomura Ninsei reinterpreted a Shigaraki stoneware—made to hold agricultural products and known for its warm orange color, asymmetrical round forms, and irregular natural ash glazes—to produce a more refined piece that would appeal to tea masters seeking a touch of rusticity. In Japanese tea culture, hanging scroll paintings or calligraphy are placed in the tokonoma<em>,</em> or viewing alcove, for participants to admire and discuss along with the utensils used in the gathering. The scrolls are typically paired with vessels containing seasonal floral arrangements.
date
mid- to late 1600s
citation
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79930627
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30807
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
height: 28.3 cm (11 1/8 in.); Diameter: 28.7 cm (11 5/16 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
accession
1978.6
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Stoneware with white glaze (Shigaraki style)
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Tea Storage Jar (茶壺), mid- to late 1600s. Nonomura Ninsei (Japanese, active 1640s–90s). Stoneware with white glaze (Shigaraki style); height: 28.3 cm (11 1/8 in.); diameter: 28.7 cm (11 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1978.6
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茶壺
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Japanese Art
inscriptions
inscription
Ninsei seal impressed in the clay on bottom.
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1
didYouKnow
This jar may be considered an example of the aesthetic known as <em>kireisabi</em>, or refined rusticity.
citations
citation
Zauhō Kankōkai 座右寶刋行會. <em>Sekai tōji zenshū</em> [世界陶磁全集 = Ceramic Art of the World]. Vol. 6, Edo hen [江戶篇 = Edo Period]. Edited by Tadamari Mitsuoka. Tōkyō: Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 1955.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 125, pl. 120
citation
Yamane, Yūzō 山根有三, Shūjirō Shimada 島田修二郎, and Terukazu Akiyama 秋山光和. <em>Zaigai Nihon no shihō </em>在外日本の至宝. Tōkyō: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1979.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced; no. 75, p. 140, plate 75
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1978.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 66, no. 1, 1979, pp. 3–47.
page_number
Reproduced: cat. no. 146, p. 40
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Cort, Louise Allison. <em>Shigaraki, Potters' Valley</em>. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1979.
page_number
Reproduced: fig. 176, p. 157
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Lee, Sherman E., Michael R. Cunningham, and Ursula Korneitchouk. <em>One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650): From the Cleveland Museum of Art: Catalogue</em>. New York: Japan Society, 1981.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 44
citation
Neils, Jenifer. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
page_number
Reproduced: cat. no. 149
citation
Yamane, Yūzō 山根有三, Takashi Hamada 山根有三, et al. <em>Zaigai bijutsu </em>[在外美術 = Selections of Japanese Art from Western Collections]. Tōkyō: Shōgakukan, 1994.
page_number
Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 219; p. 237, no. 129
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: p. 52, fig. 27
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 07:41:45.691000
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149406
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Stoneware with white glaze (Shigaraki style)
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