Yui Honjin Park and the Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art both reach their twentieth anniversary in September this year. Lecture by Mr.Tetsuhito Tanabe born in Yui.
Makuzu-yaki is a style of ceramics first developed by the Kyoto potter Miyagawa Kōzan I (1842-1916) in Yokohama, shortly after the port was opened to foreign ships. Kōzan later became an Artist to the Imperial Household and a leader of the ceramics world in the Meiji period. With a foundation of porcelain techniques used since the Edo period, Makuzu-yaki absorbed Western cultural styles to present a new type of art, and gained worldwide popularity at the Philadelphia World’s Fair. Later, the technique of Makuzu-yaki was passed down to Miyagawa Kōzan II, III, and IV, but the kiln was heavily damaged during the firebombing of Yokohama in WW2 and never rebuilt, thus making Makuzu-yaki a lost style.
This exhibition features sixteen items, with a focus on high relief with its wonderful decorations, from the collection of Mr. Tetsuhito Tanabe.
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