Antique Inuyama pottery sake cup #4733
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- width: approx. 7.8cm (3 5⁄64in)
- height: approx. 4.8cm (1 57⁄64in)
- weight: 118g
Inuyama pottery
Inuyama ware was developed on the commission of the Inuyama clan in the 19th century. The Inuyama style, a Gosu red painting design of the Lord of Inuyama Castle, Naruse Masanaga, is patterned after Chinese Ming Dynasty Gosu red painting and many tea articles are made using the characteristic cloud brocade pattern, which includes Korin-style cherry blossoms and maple leaves.
During the long history of Inuyama ware, the kiln has faced closure many times, but craftsmen ranked alongside Kyoto’s Okuda Eisen, such as Dohei and Ozeki Sakujuro Nobunari, have worked hard to revive it.
During the Edo Genroku era (1688-1704), a local warrior named Okumura Denzaburo built the Imai Kiln in Imai Village (present-day Imai, Inuyama City), and during the Horeki era (1751-1763), pottery with the “Inuyama” kiln mark was produced at Imai Miyagadora.
The era of Imai ware made by Mino ware potters came to an end in 1781 with the death of the third generation potter, Okumura Tauemon.
In 1810, Naruse Masanaga, the 7th lord of Inuyama Castle, regretted the demise of the Imai Kiln and ordered Shimaya Sokuro to establish the Maruyama Kiln in order to revive Inuyama ware. In 1835, he hired a potter called Dohei, who was a master of red painting, along with Okuda Eisen of Kyoto. When Dohei painted red on the pure white base, the pottery started to develop.
During the reign of Masazumi, the eighth lord of the castle, he had a painting kiln built in the garden of the Sankoji Palace within the castle walls, and had the potters copy the large plates and bowls of Ming dynasty red-painted ware that he had collected with his wealth. It is believed that there was tremendous technical progress in the production of these magnificent products, which were almost incomparable to the original.
It is also said that Masazumi had the painter Fukumoto Settan draw a rough sketch of cherry blossoms and maple leaves for the spring and autumn seasons, and ordered the potters to paint pottery following the sketch. This design, called “Unkin-de,” is widely loved as the symbol of Inuyama-yaki to this day.
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