Japan in Black and White: Ink and Clay

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Tsukioka Settei (1726-1786)
Young courtesan garbed black and white pattern robe and large obi tied in front, stands by a young willow tree, early 1770s
36 3/8 x 12 ½ inches
Hanging scroll; Ink and color on silk
Inv #7847

Maruyama Ôkyo (1733-1795)
Standing crane by rocks, 1773
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
40 1/8 x 15 1/4 in.
Inv# 7854

Takahashi Shôtei (Hiroaki) 1871-1945
A black cat with tricolor collar and bell, stretching and yawning, ca. 1926
Ôban yoko-e
Inv #8210

Nakaigawa Yuki (b. 1960)
Rounded, lying sculpture with cinched waist and grooved surface, 2004
Glazed stoneware
8 1/4 x 16 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.
Inv# 8303

Futamura Yoshimi (b.1959)
Collapsed hollow, rounded globular sculpture with crushed center, inlaid with banded granules of pre-fired crushed white porcelain, 2013
Stoneware and porcelain
11 7/8 x 12 1/8 x 11 in.
Inv# 8201

Katô Shigetaka (1927-2012)
White shino vase, ca. 1980
White shino-glazed stoneware
8 7/8 x 5 1/8 in.
Inv# 6579

Miyashita Hideko (b. 1944)
Four-sided flattened baluster-shaped vessel with brush-applied and tape-masked white slip in checkerboard patterning with translucent overglaze, 2013
Dark gray stoneware with clay-slip and translucent overglaze
15 1/2 x 13 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.
Inv# 8514

Miyashita Hideko (b. 1944)
Four-sided flattened baluster-shaped vessel with brush-applied and tape-masked white slip in checkerboard patterning with translucent overglaze, 2013
Dark gray stoneware with clay-slip and translucent overglaze
15 1/2 x 13 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.
Inv# 8514

Miyashita Hideko (b. 1944)
Four-sided flattened baluster-shaped vessel with brush-applied and tape-masked white slip in checkerboard patterning with translucent overglaze, 2013
Dark gray stoneware with clay-slip and translucent overglaze
15 1/2 x 13 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.
Inv# 8514

Hori Ichirô (b. 1952)
Straight-sided white shino tea bowl, 2011
Glazed stoneware
4 x 4 7/8 in.
Inv# 7888

Hori Ichirô (b. 1952)
Straight-sided white shino tea bowl, 2011
Glazed stoneware
4 x 4 7/8 in.
Inv# 7888

Hori Ichirô (b. 1952)
Straight-sided white shino tea bowl, 2011
Glazed stoneware
4 x 4 7/8 in.
Inv# 7888

Ajiki Hiro (b. 1948)
Basara faceted teabowl with checkerboard patterning in black and silver glazes, 2012
Salt-glazed stoneware
4 x 4 3/4 in.
Inv# 8042

Ajiki Hiro (b. 1948)
Basara faceted teabowl with checkerboard patterning in black and silver glazes, 2012
Salt-glazed stoneware
4 x 4 3/4 in.
Inv# 8042

Miwa Ryôsaku
Sculpture in the form of a high-heeled shoe, titled: \"For the sake of love\", 1966
White Hagi-glazed stoneware
3 x 8 5/8 x 6 1/14 in.
Inv# 8551

Fujimoto Nôdô (Yoshimichi) (1919-1992)
Sodeisha-style vessel with creamy-white glaze and abstract black and brown inlaid patterning, ca. 1965
Glazed stoneware 8 x 9 7/8 in.
Inv# 8139

Fujimoto Nôdô (Yoshimichi) (1919-1992)
Sodeisha-style vessel with creamy-white glaze and abstract black and brown inlaid patterning, ca. 1965
Glazed stoneware 8 x 9 7/8 in.
Inv# 8139

Fujimoto Nôdô (Yoshimichi) (1919-1992)
Sodeisha-style vessel with creamy-white glaze and abstract black and brown inlaid patterning, ca. 1965
Glazed stoneware 8 x 9 7/8 in.
Inv# 8139

Yagi Kazuo (1918-1979)
Cylindrical vase with stamped patterning, ca. 1960
Stoneware with white glaze
9 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.
Inv# 7176

Yagi Kazuo (1918-1979)
Set of six black and white individual dishes in the shape of birds, ca.1965
Glazed stoneware
2 x 5 x 6 5/8 in. each
Inv# 8500

Yagi Kazuo (1918-1979)
Set of six black and white individual dishes in the shape of birds, ca.1965
Glazed stoneware
2 x 5 x 6 5/8 in. each
Inv# 8500

Yagi Kazuo (1918-1979)
Ovoid brushed-on, white-glazed vase with unglazed clay curvilinear applied decoration, ca. 1952
Glazed stoneware
10 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches
Inv #8504