| Description |
xviii, 390 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Note |
Catalog of an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oct. 21, 2003-Jan. 11, 2004. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-378) and index. |
| Contents |
Director's Foreword -- Message from the Governor of Gifu Prefecture -- Message from the Director of The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu -- Lenders to the Exhibition -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors to the Catalogue -- Map of Japan -- Note to reader -- Furuta Oribe in the Volatile World of Warlords / Miyeko Murase -- Furuta Oribe and the Tea Ceremony / Jun'ichi Takeuchi -- Catalogue -- Tea Utensils before Oribe / Jun'ichi Takeuchi Numbers 1-5 -- Japanese Ceramics before Oribe / Andrew Maske Numbers 6-10 -- Japan, Portugal, and the World ;/ Joao Paulo Oliveira e Costa Numbers 11-17 -- Ceramics from Mino Kilns / Misato Shomura Numbers 18-31 -- Gleanings from Ceramic Shards / Jun'ichi Hayashi Numbers 32-35 -- The Tea Master Oribe / Hideaki Furukawa Numbers 36-45 -- Oribe Ceramics and the Oribe Imagination / Richard Wilson Numbers 46-112 -- Painting and Patronage after Hideyoshi / Miyeko Murase Numbers 113-134 -- Lacquerware in the Momoyama Period / Taishu Komatsu Numbers 135-156 -- Tsujigahana Textiles and Their Fabrication / Terry Milhaupt Numbers 157-175 -- Literature for Catalogue Entries Bibliography Index. |
| Summary |
"Ceramics are closely connected to the tea ceremony and central to Japanese culture. In this context Oribe wares represented a unique and major development, since they were the earliest Japanese ceramics to carry extensive multicolor decoration. Boldly painted with geometric and naturalistic designs, they display sensuous glazes, especially in a distinctive vitreous green, as well as a whole repertoire of playful new shapes. These dashing wares matched the vigorous, extroverted, rapidly changing world of the warlords. Their genesis has traditionally been ascribed to Furuta Oribe (1543/44-1615), a warrior and the foremost tea master of his time, who appears to have played a crucial role in redefining the aesthetics of Japan. Over seventy engaging vessels of Oribe ware, along with striking examples of other types of wares produced in the same milieu, make up the heart of this catalogue." "During the era of Oribe, a common aesthetic language bound all the visual arts more strongly than at any other time in Japan before or since, and intimate working relationships existed among artists in different media. The forces that nourished this creative energy, the transformations that occurred, and the splendid works that resulted - together constituting the subject of this catalogue - are discussed by twenty distinguished scholars." "Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in collaboration with The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Japan, and held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from October 21, 2003, to January 11, 2004, Turning Point: Oribe and the Arts of Sixteenth-Century Japan contains twelve essays and catalogue entries for more than 175 objects."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
Metropolitan Museum of Art Watson Library Digital Collections Fulltext Titles (Customizable) |
| Subject |
Furuta, Oribe, 1544?-1615 -- Exhibitions.
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Furuta, Oribe, 1544?-1615. |
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Art, Japanese -- Kamakura-Momoyama periods, 1185-1600 -- Exhibitions.
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Decorative arts -- Japan -- History -- Kamakura-Momoyama periods, 1185-1600 -- Exhibitions.
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Japanese tea ceremony -- Utensils -- Exhibitions.
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Japanese tea ceremony -- Utensils. |
| Chronological Term |
1185 - 1600 |
| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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Exhibition catalogs.
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History.
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Exhibition catalogues.
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| Added Author |
Murase, Miyeko.
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Amemiya, Mutsuko.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
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| ISBN |
1588390950 (Hardcover) |
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9781588390950 (Hardcover) |
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1588390969 (Paperback) |
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9781588390967 (Paperback) |
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0300101953 (Yale University Press) |
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9780300101959 (Yale University Press) |
| Standard No. |
99807130551 |
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