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This side-handled <em>sencha </em>teapot with the cherry tree has a nearly spherical shape, and its recessed lid has an ovoid knob. It has both blue and a purplish brown under the glaze for the blossoms and embers on one side, and the vertical calligraphy identifies the tree as a cherry tree at night in the Gion area of Kyoto. To the right of the tree, smoke billows from a small lantern fire in a basket suspended on a post. <br><br>In terms of collecting history, a paper inserted into the box of <em>Teapot with Cherry at Night in Gion </em>is of interest. It is a flyer for Yamamoto Shōseidō, a shop (no longer extant) that sold fine Kyoto ceramics in Osaka.
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Document identity
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519518
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Lid for a Teapot with Cherry at Night in Gion
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519518
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object
title
Lid for a Teapot with Cherry at Night in Gion
description
This side-handled <em>sencha </em>teapot with the cherry tree has a nearly spherical shape, and its recessed lid has an ovoid knob. It has both blue and a purplish brown under the glaze for the blossoms and embers on one side, and the vertical calligraphy identifies the tree as a cherry tree at night in the Gion area of Kyoto. To the right of the tree, smoke billows from a small lantern fire in a basket suspended on a post. <br><br>In terms of collecting history, a paper inserted into the box of <em>Teapot with Cherry at Night in Gion </em>is of interest. It is a flyer for Yamamoto Shōseidō, a shop (no longer extant) that sold fine Kyoto ceramics in Osaka.
date
1893–1914
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q117536048
creators
299428
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Ceramic
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1
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Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
accession
2022.165.b
Source extras
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Porcelain with underglaze blue and iron oxide
tombstone
Lid for a Teapot with Cherry at Night in Gion, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with underglaze blue and iron oxide. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.165.b
collection
Japanese Art
didYouKnow
This teapot features the Japanese theme of a blossoming cherry tree in the Gion area of Kyoto in underglaze blue and brown.
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.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 21, pp. 94–96
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Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
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2026-05-29 09:06:28.139000
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519518
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Porcelain with underglaze blue and iron oxide
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male
Asian (from 1900 to present)
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