Harada Shuroku (Japanese, born 1941). Vase, ca. 2006. Bizen ware: unglazed stoneware, 11 x 6 5/16 in. (28 x 16 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Steven Korff and Marcia Van Wagner, 2014.60.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 2014.60.5_front_PS9.jpg)
Harada Shuroku (Japanese, born 1941). Vase, ca. 2006. Bizen ware: unglazed stoneware, 11 x 6 5/16 in. (28 x 16 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Steven Korff and Marcia Van Wagner, 2014.60.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 2014.60.5_back_PS9.jpg)
Vase
Harada Shuroku
Asian Art
Harada Shūroku trained with the masters of the Bizen kilns, making mostly unglazed, dark-red wares that have scorch patterns as their primary decoration. This vase is in his most experimental style, which he calls ranbari, a Japanese carpentry term for wood flooring composed of boards of various sizes laid down in random order. He creates a relatively smooth and conventional ceramic form, then applies patches of very rough clay to the outside in a meandering grid that resembles a stone wall.
MEDIUM
Bizen ware: unglazed stoneware
DATES
ca. 2006
PERIOD
Heisei Period
DIMENSIONS
11 x 6 5/16 in. (28 x 16 cm) (show scale)
INSCRIPTIONS
On side of storage box, in Japanese:
Bizen rancho hanaire (Bizen "randomly pulled" patterned vase)
Signed:
Shuroku
Sealed:
Shu
COLLECTIONS
Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
2014.60.5
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Steven Korff and Marcia Van Wagner
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Harada Shuroku
(Japanese, born 1941)
Vase, circa 2006
Bizen ware: unglazed stoneware
Gift of Steven Korff and Marcia Van Wagner, 2014.60.5
Harada Shuroku trained with the masters of the Bizen kilns, making mostly unglazed, dark-red wares that have scorch patterns as their primary decoration. This vase is in his most experimental style, which he calls ranbari, a Japanese carpentry term for wood flooring composed of boards of various sizes laid down in random order. He creates a relatively smooth and conventional ceramic form, then applies patches of very rough clay to the outside in a meandering grid that resembles a stone wall.
(Label by Joan Cummins, October 2019, for Arts of Japan gallery)
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Harada Shuroku (Japanese, born 1941). Vase, ca. 2006. Bizen ware: unglazed stoneware, 11 x 6 5/16 in. (28 x 16 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Steven Korff and Marcia Van Wagner, 2014.60.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 2014.60.5_front_PS9.jpg)
IMAGE
front, 2014.60.5_front_PS9.jpg., 2019
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