The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of September 19, 2024
Teapot with Cherry at Night in Gion
1893–1914
(Japanese, 1851–1914)
height with lid: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.); width with handle: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); Diameter: 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
This teapot features the Japanese theme of a blossoming cherry tree in the Gion area of Kyoto in underglaze blue and brown.Description
This side-handled sencha teapot with the cherry tree has a nearly spherical shape, and its recessed lid has an ovoid knob. It has both blue and a purplish brown under the glaze for the blossoms and embers on one side, and the vertical calligraphy identifies the tree as a cherry tree at night in the Gion area of Kyoto. To the right of the tree, smoke billows from a small lantern fire in a basket suspended on a post.In terms of collecting history, a paper inserted into the box of Teapot with Cherry at Night in Gion is of interest. It is a flyer for Yamamoto Shōseidō, a shop (no longer extant) that sold fine Kyoto ceramics in Osaka.
- ?–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. 21, pp. 94–96
- 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=Teapot with Cherry at Night in Gion|url=false|author=Seifū Yohei III|year=1893–1914|access-date=19 September 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2022.165