Sakaida Kakiemon XIII (1906-1982)

Sakaida Kakiemon worked in Arita. This jar resembles others he painted around 1980 (see Nagatake Takeshi et al., eds., Kakiemon no sekai ten [Exhibition of the world of Kakiemon], exh. cat. [Tokyo: Asahi Shimbunsha, 1983], p. 138). Kakiemon XIII revived the milk-white (negoshide) porcelain body distinctive of the early years of the Kakiemon tradition in the late 17th century.