KAMODA SHŌJI
Cinched torso-like vessel with incised linear and dot motifs accentuated with slip and glaze, 1974
Glazed stoneware
9 1/8 x 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
Potter's mark: 一九七四 章 (Senkyūhyakunanajūyon Shō); 1974 Shō (incised on bottom)
Box title: 一九七四 壷 (Senkyūhyakunanajūyon tsubo); 1974 Vessel
Box signature: 加守田章二 (Kamoda Shōji)
Box seal: 章 (Shō)
Potter's mark: 一九七四 章 (Senkyūhyakunanajūyon Shō); 1974 Shō (incised on bottom)
Box title: 一九七四 壷 (Senkyūhyakunanajūyon tsubo); 1974 Vessel
Box signature: 加守田章二 (Kamoda Shōji)
Box seal: 章 (Shō)
Further images
Literature
Similar works:Matsubara, Ryūichi et al. Kamoda Shōji zenshigoto (Works of Shōji Kamoda). Tokyo: Kōdansha, 2005, pl. 20.
Kamoda Shōji: Tenkyoku o sasu; Kamoda Shoji: Pointing to the Celestial Poles. Tokyo: Nakachō Konishi, 2017, p. 20.
General references:
Baekeland, Frederick, and Robert Moes. Modern Japanese Ceramics in America Collections. New York: Japan Society, 1993, pp 66-69, 158-159.
Matsuzaki, Yuko. Kamoda Shōji 1967-1970. Mashiko: Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, 2019.
Rio, Aaron, Matthew Welch, S. Yokobori. Kamoda Shōji: The Art of Change. Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2021.