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Title

Inkstone screen

Description

Inkstone screen (kenbyo)
This desk screen is one of several ceramics that Freer acquired and believed to be by the renowned Kyoto ceramist Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743), but since have been reattributed to nineteenth-century imitators. In his 1885 book <i>Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings</i>, Edward Sylvester Morse commented on the format of works like this: "In the old-fashioned genkan, or hall-way, there stands a solid screen of wood with heavy frame, supported by two transverse feet. This screen is called <i>tsui-tate</i>, and is an article of furniture belonging to the hall....Diminutive models of the tsui-tate are made in pottery or porcelain, and these are for the purpose of standing in front of the ink-stone to prevent the mats from being spattered when the ink is rubbed." In the Peacock Room in Detroit, this desk screen was placed among ceramic vessels with similar landscape decorations.

Creator

Imitation of Ogata Kenzan

Date

late 19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
R. E. Moore

Format

Buff clay; iron pigment, enamels under transparent lead glaze.
HxWxD: 27.6 x 38.2 x 2.6 cm

Identifier

F1897.20
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Coverage

2
74
East
Meiji era
Kyoto
Japan
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

This desk screen is one of several ceramics that Freer acquired and believed to be by the renowned Kyoto ceramist Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743), but since have been reattributed to nineteenth-century imitators. In his 1885 book Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings, Edward Sylvester Morse commented on the format of works like this: "In the old-fashioned genkan, or hall-way, there stands a solid screen of wood with heavy frame, supported by two transverse feet. This screen is called tsui-tate, and is an article of furniture belonging to the hall....Diminutive models of the tsui-tate are made in pottery or porcelain, and these are for the purpose of standing in front of the ink-stone to prevent the mats from being spattered when the ink is rubbed." In the Peacock Room in Detroit, this desk screen was placed among ceramic vessels with similar landscape decorations.

Object Name

Inkstone screen (kenbyo)

Dated

late 19th century

Period

Meiji era

Medium

Buff clay; iron pigment, enamels under transparent lead glaze.

Dimensions

HxWxD: 27.6 x 38.2 x 2.6 cm

City

Kyoto

Country

Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

74

Wall

East

Artist

Imitation of Ogata Kenzan

Title

Inkstone screen

Object Number

F1897.20

Freer Source

R. E. Moore

Freer Source City

New York

Freer Source State

New York

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

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