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Seifū Yohei II and his successor, Seifū Yohei III, trained in ink painting. Their brush skills are seen in their underglaze cobalt blue designs. Orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, and plum, appearing on Yohei III’s sake pourer, are known as the Four Gentlemen. They symbolize the virtues of humility, integrity, endurance, and perseverance.
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Document identity
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447836
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Sake Pourer with Chrysanthemum, Orchid, and Plum
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object
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Source metadata
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447836
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object
title
Sake Pourer with Chrysanthemum, Orchid, and Plum
description
Seifū Yohei II and his successor, Seifū Yohei III, trained in ink painting. Their brush skills are seen in their underglaze cobalt blue designs. Orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, and plum, appearing on Yohei III’s sake pourer, are known as the Four Gentlemen. They symbolize the virtues of humility, integrity, endurance, and perseverance.
date
c. 1887
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q117662494
creators
299428
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
height with handle: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.); width with spout: 24 cm (9 7/16 in.); Diameter: 18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.)
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Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
accession
2022.158
Source extras
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Porcelain with underglaze blue
tombstone
Sake Pourer with Chrysanthemum, Orchid, and Plum (四君子図酒瓶), c. 1887. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with underglaze blue; height with handle: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.); width with spout: 24 cm (9 7/16 in.); diameter: 18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.158
titleInOriginalLanguage
四君子図酒瓶
collection
Japanese Art
inscriptions
inscription
Artist's signature in underglaze blue on the base.
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1
didYouKnow
This sake pourer is decorated with the Chinese theme of the Four Nobles, in which the qualities of a good person are represented by plant.
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. 15, pp. 86–87
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Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
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2026-06-18 11:45:48.092000
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447836
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Porcelain with underglaze blue
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Asian (from 1900 to present)
male
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