The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 15, 2025
Sake Cup with Auspicious Flora
1861–78
(Japanese, 1844–1878)
Gift of James and Christine Heusinger 2022.145.1
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
Orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, and plum all appear on this cup and have associations with the four seasons.Description
Seifū Yohei II excelled as a painter, as evidenced by his floral and landscape designs. His works were selected as the best among Kyoto ceramics shown to jurists from Europe and the US, thus paving the way for international recognition of the studio in the late 1800s.- ?–2022James and Christine Heusinger, Berea, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art2022–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Maezaki, Shinya and Sinéad Vilbar. Colors of Kyoto: The Seifū Yohei Ceramic Studio. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 4, pp. 68–69 and fig. 36, p. 59
- Colors of Kyoto: The Seifū Yohei Ceramic Studio. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 19, 2023-March 10, 2024).
- {{cite web|title=Sake Cup with Auspicious Flora|url=false|author=Seifū Yohei II|year=1861–78|access-date=15 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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