Map of Traditional Rural Potteries in Present-day Japan

1970

Not on view

Serizawa was designated a Living National Treasure in 1956 for his work in katazome stencil- dyeing. He was a leading first-generation member of the Mingei (folk craft) movement along with Yanagi Sōetsu, Hamada Shōji, Bernard Leach, Kawai Kanjiro, and others. His printed textile and paper works are in countless public and private collections all over the world. This woodblock print shows the locations of the most important Mingei kilns in Japan, and will complement our ceramic displays.

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芹沢銈介　近代日本伝統窯元地図
Title: Map of Traditional Rural Potteries in Present-day Japan
Artist: Serizawa Keisuke (Japanese, 1895–1984)
Period: Shōwa period (1926–89)
Date: 1970
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock print, issued by the Nihon Mingeikan (Japan Folk Craft Museum)
Dimensions: Framed: 23 1/4 × 28 in. (59.1 × 71.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Halsey and Alice North, 2017
Object Number: 2017.166.13
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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