Large Bowl with Cherry Blossoms and Maple Leaves
Takahashi Dōhachi III Japanese
Not on view
The combination of cherry blossoms and colorful maple leaves on this large bowl revive the style of Kyoto’s famous ceramic artist Ogata Kenzan (1663–1743). The vivid composition is based on a poem about the Tatsuta River, from the waka anthology Kokin Wakashū (ca. 905). The poet describes fallen autumn foliage drifting on the water’s surface as if it were gold brocade, and cherry blossoms in the Yoshino hills that put him in mind of white snowflakes. The patterns evoke both symbolic images of spring and autumn, as well as two famous sites (meisho) in Japan.
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