ISHIGURO MUNEMARO
(1893-1968)Ovoid vessel incised with Chinese poem, 1936
Glazed stoneware
8 1/8 x 7 5/8 in.
Box title: 黒華壷 (Kokka tsubo); Black Glazed Vessel
太極圖説刻文 (Taikyoku-to setsu kokubun); Inscribed with text from Taijitu shuo
八瀬初窯 (Yase shōyō); First firing in the Yase kiln
Box seal: 宗麿造 (Munemaro-zō); Made by Munemaro
Note: Inscribed on this vessel is an excerpt from "Taijitu shuo" 太極圖說 by Northern Song philosopher, Zhou Dunyi 周敦頤. This text explains the origin of the cosmos as emerging from the shifting energies of yin and yang in the form of stillness and movement respectively. From this duality emerges the five elements, which in turn give rise to the ten-thousand beings.
Box title: 黒華壷 (Kokka tsubo); Black Glazed Vessel
太極圖説刻文 (Taikyoku-to setsu kokubun); Inscribed with text from Taijitu shuo
八瀬初窯 (Yase shōyō); First firing in the Yase kiln
Box seal: 宗麿造 (Munemaro-zō); Made by Munemaro
Note: Inscribed on this vessel is an excerpt from "Taijitu shuo" 太極圖說 by Northern Song philosopher, Zhou Dunyi 周敦頤. This text explains the origin of the cosmos as emerging from the shifting energies of yin and yang in the form of stillness and movement respectively. From this duality emerges the five elements, which in turn give rise to the ten-thousand beings.
