Toyozo Arakawa (荒川 豊蔵, Arakawa Toyozō, March 21, 1894 - August 11, 1985)[1][2] was a well-known Japanese ceramic potter.
He lived and worked in Mino, near Nagoya. He was given the title "Living National Treasure" in 1955.
In 1930 he discovered shards at the site of the ruins of an ogama style kiln at Mutabora proving that that Shino and Oribe glazed work of the Momoyama and early Edo period in Japan had been manufactured in Mino rather than in the Seto area.[3] In 1933 he built a kiln reproducing the original Mutabora kiln and rediscovered the techniques for manufacturing Shino glazes.[2][3]
He died in Tokyo, Japan in 1985.
There is a translation of Arakawa's The Traditions and Techniques of Mino Pottery[4] in Janet Barriskill's Visiting the Mino Kilns[5] Wild Peony Press, Sydney, 1995.
His work is kept in several museums, including the Mills College Art Museum,[6] the Victoria and Albert Museum,[7] the Portland Art Museum,[8] the ASU Art Museum,[9] the Brooklyn Museum,[10] the Seattle Art Museum,[11] the Minneapolis Institute of Art,[12] and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Toyozo Arakawa: Biography". Mutual Art. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ a b Winther-Tamaki, Bert (2019). "Earth Flavor (Tsuchi aji) in Postwar Japanese Ceramics". Japan Review. 32: 155. JSTOR 26652954.
- ^ a b Moeran, Brian (Winter 1987). "The Art World of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics". The Journal of Japanese Studies. 13 (1): 30–31. doi:10.2307/132585. eISSN 1549-4721. JSTOR 132585.
- ^ Arakawa, Toyozō. The Traditions and Techniques of Mino Pottery.
- ^ "Visiting the Mino kilns : with a translation of Arakawa Toyozō's The traditions and techniques of Mino pottery / Janet Barriskill". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ "MCAM - Covered jar". artcollection.mills.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
- ^ Museum, Victoria and Albert. "Food Vessel | Arakawa, Toyozō | V&A Explore The Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ "Kanbishi Tea Bowl". portlandartmuseum.us. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ Arakawa Toyozō; 荒川 豊蔵 (1985) [1910], "Kohiki Chawan", Japanese National Living Treasure Collection, hdl:2286/R.I.50151, retrieved 2021-03-26
- ^ "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ Arakawa, Toyozo; Allison, Effie B. (1957). "Exhibition of Oriental Blue and White from the Collection of Mrs. John M. Allison" (PDF). Hanshan Tang Books Catalogue #31. p. 31. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ "Shino straight-walled tea bowl with bridge pattern in underglaze iron-oxide, Arakawa Toyozō ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art". collections.artsmia.org. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ "Exchange: Plate with white plum blossom design". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
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