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Here is one of my Japanese shelves, this one primarily dedicated to Satsuma-ware, Kutani, and Imari port Arita exports.
Larger shelf arriving soon so I can group my Koransha/Fukagawa and more obscure pieces of my Japanese collection all together along with a few larger vases.
Hope all enjoy..
Best,
-JRN
A beautiful collection.
A beautiful collection you have there JRN.
Mark
The red bowl on the top shelf is very pretty, as are the others, but I especially love the red pieces. What is the red bowl style?
Thank you to each of you, sincerely; sorry checked out for a spell - but appreciated coming back to see all of the kind comments 🙂
(and of course, @gfhandel always looking out for my collection's best interest while shaming his cat subtly 🤣)
@sharonp
Oh no.. I'm sorry, you could've picked any one - but your eyes chose the one you asked about; and now they must read this lengthy writeup:
It is a bit of a strange one isn't it?! I didn't know what to make of it when I first got it, it was casually thrown in with some Imari pieces I acquired a while back..
On the surface, it is very faded/scratched/a hairline even (now) where it used to be glistening silver/black/metallic of sorts - you can see the remnants of an old yet still fierce dragon..
This type of piece is most commonly referred to as "Eiraku" after a lineage of famous ceramic artists/creators from the mid-Edo period onwards; the most famous being Hozen - who you can even see paintings by (talented family, I presume) in the MET.
Like most, Eiraku was also a kiln operated by the family.
What I enjoy about the piece most is its intriguing nature of actually having a Watano mark alongside the Eiraku mark.
Watano was one of the largest exporters of Kutani-ware; starting at the final decade of the Edo period - before setting up shoppe in the starting years of the Meiji Period. He gave his son the business not long after, and they relocated.
The business was a popular exporter of Kutani under Kichiji (the son), undergoing a name change here and there, and even a "trade exporters of the round table" (it was fun to type, sorry) with a handful plus a few other prominent manufacturers/producers/merchants - including Makuzu Kozan! So they were quite prevalent, as mentioned, in fact 3 other top shelf Kutanis up there are Watano marked.
As I was curious; I stopped in between logging in and reading the comments to email my friend who is far more knowledgable than I at this stuff to see if they believe it to be the lineage of Eiraku; or just "in the style of" - as there is, on one of the larger databases, a picture of an Eiraku marked Kutani piece; but only with the name.
This one appears to be later Meiji or even Taishō from my understanding (the line starts to blur for me around then), so it would not be of Hozen's hand but still wanted to give some fun trivia for you I learned myself in the past while..
As I said this is my only piece of this style, so I had a lot of reading to do when it came casually mixed in with the Imari.
You can find some good examples for cheap, and well worth the history to own! Won't cost you any more than a 19th C. Famille Rose plate..
Ah, one more bit of trivia? Eiraku mark(s), apparently translates to the Chinese version of Ming "Yongle"!
(I lied. Last one? The company was headed at one point by a pretty awesome businesswoman in Kyoto during the first quarter of the 1900s; a ceramicist also herself. Was not common during that time to have such).
Thanks for reading, as always!
If you want, I will keep you updated on when my friend responds to see what they say.. I always enjoy their responses even if a few days must pass before I receive a firm history lesson: well worth the wait always tho imo!
Had been meaning to get around to it, so you gave me the perfect excuse to stop procrastinating; thank you very much...
Best,
-JRN
*I would like to add a good ol' tagline of @watership 's/Todd's "take it with a grain of salt" on the Watano; as two have been verified from 2+ sources in unison; but I have heard conflicting reports on the one (the ewer) I used to compare the marks of this one with primarily btw, as there were a handful of "Wat-" prefixed/likened kanji character producers during the period I think this bowl is from; and have not consulted externally on the Eiraku bowl.
(I suppose I am too eager to have an excuse to share trivia with a listening audience without annoying my non-collecting friends 🤣 )
Kanji is like the doctor's handwriting of ceramics; hard to read - and a half dozen varieties (no joke on either part) - but considering I only recently in the past few months was able to learn to the fuller extent of Watano's history and am still learning more every day; I still eagerly await to see if my speculation is true, and could equally be wrong*
Am glad to have hit "two birds with one exceedingly long post" regarding makers of pieces I am lucky enough to have scooped up for a price that they would not have been if translated/vetted regardless likely, but wanted to clarify my own newness to translating pieces with any degree of accuracy.
Best regards,
-JRN
@jrn No, thank you very much. I love reading the history you generously provide, so much to learn. That dragon is still lovely and must have really glistened when new. That is a collection to be truly proud of owning and to have learned from the experience of not only possessing but appreciating the history. May many deserving pieces continue to find their way to where they are appreciated.
@watership & @sharon
You are both always so kind to listen to my ramblings - and thankfully teach me much myself!
Also an update to show there's always something new to learn (and @Sharonp you may like this update for some more history!)..
I was indeed WRONG! And (graciously and humbly taught a lot more! They (my pen pal) are Dutch. Much like when I lived in Holland, they fit the bill perfectly in their eloquence: super well informed and knowledgable people, but not generally arrogant about it; and always so modest with sharing more at risk of sounding too proud..)
They said close...but not quite, young grasshopper!
The mark is indeed Eiraku; but the producer is not Watano, but Watatani (so kanji written in this particular manner as: Watatani [which can be written as Watahei as well, to add further complication - it's like a puzzle HA] is 綿 vs 綿 for Watano 🤣 , yes - you read that correctly. I have much to learn - especially for stamped vs script translations/transcriptions!)
Now, it is neat I mentioned that awesome woman in my post bringing up the style and a bit of the history of Eiraku; as this maker (who was towards the end of the Meiji period part of another group of "all-stars" so-to-speak, this one called the Kutani Rough Stone Crushing Co [their alternative to rec league doubles tennis I assume, cool team name tbh] which operated for some while) would have worked with the kiln leading ceramic-shaping inspiration of a woman! Did I mention she did this as a co-head with her husband, and after he passed; she decided to press forward? She seemed strong. Her name was Myōzan.
Apparently per what I looked up, the Sackler Gallery in 2018 acquired some wares produced under her leadership and direction..
This was very cool for me to learn to say the least.
The old saying of "learn something new every day" seems to apply in multiples for Asian art, huh?!
Hope you enjoyed the update as much as I did! 🙂
And hope all had a great day.
Best regards,
-JRN
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