Jar with Thistle
Kondō Yūzō Japanese
Not on view
Kondō Yūzō found inspiration in the rich ceramic traditions surrounding Kiyomizu Temple, in his birthplace of Kyoto. He studied first with Hamada Shōji (1894–1978), a leading figure of the mingei (folk art) movement, and then with Tomimoto Kenkichi (1886–1963) at the Kyoto Fine Arts College. The thistle on this jar exemplifies the artist’s painterly, large-scale decorations, which revitalized the genre of blue-and-white porcelain. He was designated a Living National Treasure in 1977.
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