Shimaoka Tatsuzo (b. 1919)

RICE-HUSK ASH AND COPPER-GREEN-GLAZED SQUARE STONEWARE DISH

Details

Shimaoka Tatsuzo (b. 1919)
Rice-husk ash and copper-green-glazed square stoneware dish
Impressed katakana mark, Ta
11¾in. (29.8cm.) square, 2¼in. (5.7cm.) high
In wood box signed and sealed on underside of lid Tatsuzo; titled Zogan kakuzara (impressed square dish)

Exhibited

"Twenty-six contemporary Japanese potters," shown at the following venues:
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, 1978.9.15--10.31
Munson-Williams--Proctor Institute, Utica, 1978.11.5--12.3
Newark Museum, 1978.12.20--1979.1.28
Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1979.2.18--4.15

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Frederick Baekeland, Twenty-six contemporary Japanese potters (Syracuse, New York: Everson Museum of Art, 1978), no. 23, p. 21).

The rope-impressed and white slip inlaid design that decorates the interior sides of this dish is characteristic of Shimaoka's best-known work. The rope pattern is reminiscent of Jomon-period (8000-300 B.C.) pottery. Shimaoka is the preeminent protegé of Hamada Shoji.

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