久田重義作　鉄釉風文鉢|Large Tenmoku Bowl “Wind”

Hisada Shigeyoshi

1994 · Stoneware with iron (tenmoku) glaze · Asian Art

Tenmoku tea bowls are dark-glazed stoneware vessels. The name refers to Mount Tianmu Temple in China, where many of them were made during the Song dynasty (960–1279). Brought to Japan by Buddhist monks in the Kamakura period (1185–1333), tenmoku were used at tea gatherings and, beginning in the sixteenth century, were produced in Japan as well. Hisada Shigeyoshi was one of the few contemporary artists to experiment with new types of tenmoku glazes while also re-creating traditional examples This unusually large bowl is covered in black and gray tenmoku glazes made of feldspar, limestone, and iron oxide. The artist submitted the vessel, named “Wind,” to the 25th Tōkai Traditional Art Craft Exhibition, where it won the Grand Prize of the Traditional Japanese Art Craft Association.

Artist

Hisada Shigeyoshi

Date

1994

Medium

Stoneware with iron (tenmoku) glaze

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Takemitsu Oba, 2017