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Turning point : Oribe and the arts of sixteenth-century Japan / edited by Miyeko Murase ; with contributions by Jun'ichi Takeuchi, and by Mutsuko Amemiya, Joao Paulo Oliveira e Costa, Joyce Denney, Hideaki Furukawa, Jun'ichi Hayashi, Yoshiaki Ito, Taishu Komatsu, Andrew L. Maske, Terry Satsuki Milhaupt, Tadayoshi Miyoshi, Miyeko Murase, Akira Nagoya, Katshushi Narusawa, Yasumasa Oka, Shunroku Okudaira, Susumu Shimasaki, Misato Shomura, Masako Watanabe, and Richard L. Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Furuta, Oribe, 1544?-1615--Exhibitions.
- Furuta, Oribe.
- Furuta, Oribe, 1544?-1615.
- Art, Japanese--Kamakura-Momoyama periods, 1185-1600--Exhibitions.
- Art, Japanese.
- Decorative arts--Japan--History--Kamakura-Momoyama periods, 1185-1600--Exhibitions.
- Decorative arts.
- Japanese tea ceremony--Utensils--Exhibitions.
- Japanese tea ceremony.
- Japanese tea ceremony--Utensils.
- History.
- Japan.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press, [2003]
- System Details:
- Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- "Ceramics are closely connected to the tea ceremony and central to Japanese culture. In this context Oribe wares represented a unique and major development, since they were the earliest Japanese ceramics to carry extensive multicolor decoration. Boldly painted with geometric and naturalistic designs, they display sensuous glazes, especially in a distinctive vitreous green, as well as a whole repertoire of playful new shapes. These dashing wares matched the vigorous, extroverted, rapidly changing world of the warlords. Their genesis has traditionally been ascribed to Furuta Oribe (1543/44-1615), a warrior and the foremost tea master of his time, who appears to have played a crucial role in redefining the aesthetics of Japan. Over seventy engaging vessels of Oribe ware, along with striking examples of other types of wares produced in the same milieu, make up the heart of this catalogue." "During the era of Oribe, a common aesthetic language bound all the visual arts more strongly than at any other time in Japan before or since, and intimate working relationships existed among artists in different media. The forces that nourished this creative energy, the transformations that occurred, and the splendid works that resulted - together constituting the subject of this catalogue - are discussed by twenty distinguished scholars." "Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in collaboration with The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Japan, and held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from October 21, 2003, to January 11, 2004, Turning Point: Oribe and the Arts of Sixteenth-Century Japan contains twelve essays and catalogue entries for more than 175 objects."--BOOK JACKET.
- Japan's brief but dramatic Momoyama period (1573-1615) witnessed the struggles of a handful of ambitious warlords for control of the long-splintered country and finally the emergence of a united Japan. This was also an era of dynamic cultural development in which the feudal lords sponsored lavish, innovative arts to proclaim their newly acquired power. One such art was a ceramic ware known as Oribe, whose mysterious sudden appearance and rise in popularity are explored in this book. Ceramics are closely connected to the tea ceremony and central to Japanese culture. In this context Oribe wares represented a unique and major development, since they were the easiest Japanese ceramics to carry extensive multicolor decoration. Boldly painted with geometric and naturalistic designs, they display sensuous glazes, especially in a distinctive vitreous green, as well as a whole repertoire of playful new shapes. Their genesis has tradtionally been ascribed to Furuta Oribe (1543/44-1615), a warrior and the foremost tea master of his time, who appears to have played a crucial role in redefining the aesthetics of Japan. Over seventy engaging vessels of Oribe ware, along with striking examples of other types of wares produced in the same milieu, make up the heart of this catalogue. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
- Contents:
- Message from the Governor of Gifu Prefecture
- Message from the Director of The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
- Art in the Volatile World of Furuta Oribe / Miyeko Murase
- Furuta Oribe and the Tea Ceremony / Jun'ichi Takeuchi
- Tea Utensils before Oribe / Jun'ichi Takeuchi
- Japanese Ceramics before Oribe / Andrew L. Maske
- Japan, Portugal, and the World / Joao Paulo Oliveira E. Costa
- Ceramics from Mino Kilns / Misato Shomura
- Gleanings from Ceramic Shards / Jun'ichi Hayashi
- The Tea Master Oribe / Hideaki Furukawa
- Oribe Ceramics and the Oribe Imagination / Richard L. Wilson
- New Currents in Painting and Patronage after Hideyoshi / Miyeko Murase
- Lacquerware in the Momoyama Period / Taishu Komatsu
- Tsujigahana Textiles and Their Fabrication / Terry Satsuki Milhaupt.
- Notes:
- Catalog of an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oct. 21, 2003-Jan. 11, 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-378) and index.
- Exhibition title: Turning point : Oribe and the arts of sixteenth-century Japan.
- ISBN:
- 1588390950
- 1588390969
- 0300101953
- OCLC:
- 52687969
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