Vase
Kawai Kanjirô
Description
Kawai Kanjiro ̄
Japan, 1890–1966
Vase
Sho ̄wa period (1926–89)
Early 1960s
Stoneware with off-white and colored glazes
Museum purchase, 1963/2.70
In the 1960s, Kawai Kanjiro ̄, Hamada Sho ̄ji’s
friend and one of the core members of
the Mingei (folk art) movement, created a
group of sculptural pieces with a splatter
application of colorful glazes that recalled
the drip paintings of the American Abstract
Expressionist artist Jackson Pollock (1912–
1956). Even in these experimental works,
however, he stayed true to the principle
of utility—the mantra of the Mingei
movement—by retaining the vessel form.
Subject Matter:
A vase, perhaps used as decoartion during tea ceremony
Physical Description:
Asymmetrical vase with red, black, green, splotches of design on off-white glazed ground.
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