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    "localId": "447769",
    "label": "Cups",
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    "id": "447769",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Cups",
    "description": "Like his father, Yohei IV also produced works with red or yellow monochrome glazes. His yellow-glazed works include this set of five drinking cups, a pair of sake pourers <a href=\"http://www.clevelandart.org/art/2022.216\"><u>CMA 2022.216</u></a>, and a sweets bowl molded into the shape of a chrysanthemum <a href=\"http://www.clevelandart.org/art/2022.218\"><u>CMA 2022.218</u></a>.",
    "date": "1914–46",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.217",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q117536020"
    ],
    "creators": [
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    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.217/2022.217_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.217/2022.217_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.217/2022.217_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "height (each): 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); Diameter: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Japan, Taishō period (1912–26) or Shōwa period (1926–89)"
    ],
    "accession": "2022.217"
}

{
    "tec": "Set of five cups; porcelain with yellow glaze",
    "tombstone": "Cups, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). Set of five cups; porcelain with yellow glaze; height (each): 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); diameter: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.217",
    "collection": "Japanese Art",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "清風",
            "inscription_translation": "“Seifū” incised on the base of each cup.",
            "sortorder": 1
        },
        {
            "inscription": "清風造 【印】成山",
            "inscription_translation": "Inscription on inside of the box lid: \"Made by Seifū.\"  Seal: “Seizan.\"",
            "sortorder": 2
        },
        {
            "inscription": "清風盧人",
            "inscription_translation": "Seal on the top of the box lid: “Seifū rojin”",
            "inscription_remark": "The storage box is also inscribed with a description of its contents.",
            "sortorder": 3
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "Seifū Yohei IV learned the ceramics industry from his father and painting from Tanomura Shosai.",
    "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. 74, pp. 164–165"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.217",
    "creditline": "Gift of James and Christine Heusinger",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 09:02:16.539000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.217/2022.217_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 447769,
    "dept": "Japanese Art",
    "coll": "Japanese Art",
    "med": "Set of five cups; porcelain with yellow glaze",
    "creatorTags": [
        "male",
        "Asian (from 1900 to present)"
    ],
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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