Dish with ash glaze

Object Details

• Artist

  Kamoda Shoji (1933-1983)

• Description

  Mark: small square seal outside footrim.

  No box.

  Stickers on base: "Kamoda Shoji" (in handwritten Japanese characters); partial label with words "case," "carton" (in English), righthand side torn off..

• Marks

  Stickers on base: "Kamoda Shoji" (in handwritten Japanese characters); partial label with words "case," "carton" (in English), righthand side torn off..

• Label

  Kamoda Shoji (1933–1983, Mashiko, Tochigi prefecture) trained in Kyoto but sought independence in Mashiko. As the result of his meteoric career and early death, few of his works have been acquired outside Japan. These two dishes (S2010.31-32) were exhibited in the 1966 1st Japan Arts Festival, from which the Hauges purchased them. The unglazed surface and the austere ash glaze reveal Kamoda’s attraction to early medieval ceramics at that early phase of his career. Unlike the lush throwing of “Momoyama revival” artists, the disciplined clarity of the subtly simple form has more in common with European potters such as Lucie Rie and Hans Coper.

• Provenance

  From 1966 to 2010

  Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge [1]

  From 2010

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 2010

  Notes:

  [1] Object file. Purchased by the Hauges from The 1st Japan Art Festival, 1966, at the Pittsburgh venue. Purchase price $58.00.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Reinventing the Wheel: Japanese Ceramics 1930 - 2000 (July 23, 2011 - June 30, 2013)

  The 1st Japan Art Festival (early 1960s)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Victor and Takako Hauge

• Origin

  Mashiko, Tochigi prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

  Usage Conditions Apply

  There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page.

  The information presented on this website may be revised and updated at any time as ongoing research progresses or as otherwise warranted. Pending any such revisions and updates, information on this site may be incomplete or inaccurate or may contain typographical errors. Neither the Smithsonian nor its regents, officers, employees, or agents make any representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the information on the site. Use this site and the information provided on it subject to your own judgment. The National Museum of Asian Art welcomes information that would augment or clarify the ownership history of objects in their collections.

Keep Exploring

• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1960s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako

• Place

  Japan, Tochigi prefecture, Mashiko

• Topic

  Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Hauge collection, Stoneware, Japanese Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)