Shigaraki ware plate / Takahashi Rakusai III
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.76
- Title
- Shigaraki ware plate
- Artist
- Takahashi Rakusai III
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898-1976
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with natural ash glaze
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Kinki (region)
- Shiga (prefecture)
- Shigaraki (town)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Kinki (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Shiga (prefecture)
- Creation Place 5
- Shigaraki (town)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Dimensions
- 4.5 cm x 48 cm x 23.5 cm (1 3/4 in. x 18 7/8 in. x 9 1/4 in.)
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- plate
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Physical Description
- A rectangular shaped plate with eight circular patterns. The rim is slightly flared out to create the concave shape. The top surface is unglazed, scorched to an intense red. The bottom does not have foot. In the kiln, the thick clay slabs were stacked close together so that the floating ash landed on the edge of the plate facing the flame. The circular patterns are areas that were protected from the flame by cylinder clay spacers.
- Subject Matter
- The artist employs the clay and wood-firing technique that are found in the late 16th and 17th century Shigaraki ware. The circular marks seen here were originally created by chance from practical solutions: potters put clay spacers so that the ceramics were evenly fired in kilns. But Takahashi deliberately placed spacers here to create these marks. However, the artist was still able to attain whimsical character from unexpected effect of fire.
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels for serving and consuming food
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1423 x 851
- File Size
- 108 KB
- Record
- 1963/2.76
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"Shigaraki ware plate; Takahashi Rakusai III." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1963-sl-2.76/1963_2.76.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.