Antique Japanese Nagoya Horaku 豊楽焼 Mishima Ceramic & Lacquer Bowl Toyosuke 四代豊助
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Type: Flower shaped Bowl
Material: Ceramic Pottery with Lacquer
Age: Edo Period (1603-1868)
Origin/Maker: Toyosuke 4 四代豊助 (1813–1858), Hōraku ware 豊楽焼 (also called Toyoraku ware, based on the regional reading of the kanji as "Toyo"), Nagoya, Japan. No maker's mark on.
Hōraku ware (豊楽焼) is a type of Japanese pottery historically from Nagoya, Owari Province, central Japan. The first kanji character 豊, which means "abundant", can be compounded and pronounced as "Hō" or "Toyo", therefore it is also known as Toyoraku ware. Use of that kanji is common in the region, where cities such as Toyohashi, Toyokawa, Toyota, and Toyoake can be found.
Production started in the later Edo period when it was founded by Rikei Katō (1708–1796), a ceramist who lived in the Owari domain. His successor, Toyohachi (?–1801), continued the style under that name. Some source state he worked in the central Ōsu area of Nagoya, south of the temple Banshō-ji. However, that conflicts with the family memoir, which states that he lived in Fujimigahara, and that the third generation moved in 1753 from Fujimigahara to central Nagoya, which is also confirmed by a reference in the sen-cha text called "Sencha Soshinan", published in 1779.
Toyoraku's third generation, Daiki Toyosuke (大喜豊助 1779–1864), took up the family name Daiki, which was to continue. He served as a master of his craft in the Owari domain. In addition to Unge ware, Oribe, aka-e, shimitsu and fukai, etc., he also used natural mottling on earthenware to produce a marbleized effect. The tea handbook Sencha haya-shinan of 1801 mentions Toyosuke as an expert of teaware, with the following words of praise: "Except for kibisho (kyūsu) teapots, it is unnecessary to go seek for masters in the capital." The seals were "Toyaka" (豊禾) and "Toyosuke" (豊助).
The fourth generation, Toyosuke (四代豊助 1813–1858), moved back to Nagoya and worked in Kami-maezu (上前津) in today's Naka-ku. He also produced ceramic ware in Owari domain. He specialised in making elaborate ceramic pieces by applying maki-e, to make them resemble lacquerware or wood. Some of his works were done in the Raku ware style, from which it received its name.
The fifth generation, Toyosuke, died in 1885.
The sixth generation, Toyosuke, lived from 1848 to1917. He apparently made tea wares and sculptural pieces to the order of Emperor Meiji in 1876, and also exhibited domestically and abroad, winning a prize at the Exposition Universelle (1878) in Paris. From 1896 he began actively exporting wares to the United States. In his late years, he turned his attention to the workshop specialty of Raku-type ware.
His son became the seventh head of the workshop, but died prematurely from illness. Therefore his second son became the eighth and last generation head of the workshop in Taishō 3 (1915).
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Size: 7 3/8" diameter (18.7325 cm), 3" tall (7.62 cm)
Weight: 1 lb 4.5 oz (582 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Santa Barbara antique store ~2019
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. Lacquer has one chip on the outside and ceramic bowl has one chip on inside upper edge, both repaired with Kintsugi (gold joining) style lacquer and brass powder repairs. Several other age cracks to lacquer design, but it's overall in stable condition.
Subject: Medium ceramic and lacquer Hōraku ware bowl, attributed to Toyosuke 4 四代豊助 (1813–1858), who sometimes worked in the Raku style, and started applying lacquer ware to ceramics, Inside of bowl with Mishima style white slip inlaid designs of birds, fish, and other designs, on a orange brown Raku style ceramic base. Outside of bowl is covered with carved red tsuishu lacquer designs of rain dragons, flowers (cherry blossoms (sakura), plums, or similar), and scroll designs.
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Antique Japanese Nagoya Horaku 豊楽焼 Mishima Ceramic & Lacquer Bowl Toyosuke 四代豊助
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See also:
Type: Flower shaped Bowl
Material: Ceramic Pottery with Lacquer
Age: Edo Period (1603-1868)
Origin/Maker: Toyosuke 4 四代豊助 (1813–1858), Hōraku ware 豊楽焼 (also called Toyoraku ware, based on the regional reading of the kanji as "Toyo"), Nagoya, Japan. No maker's mark on.
Hōraku ware (豊楽焼) is a type of Japanese pottery historically from Nagoya, Owari Province, central Japan. The first kanji character 豊, which means "abundant", can be compounded and pronounced as "Hō" or "Toyo", therefore it is also known as Toyoraku ware. Use of that kanji is common in the region, where cities such as Toyohashi, Toyokawa, Toyota, and Toyoake can be found.
Production started in the later Edo period when it was founded by Rikei Katō (1708–1796), a ceramist who lived in the Owari domain. His successor, Toyohachi (?–1801), continued the style under that name. Some source state he worked in the central Ōsu area of Nagoya, south of the temple Banshō-ji. However, that conflicts with the family memoir, which states that he lived in Fujimigahara, and that the third generation moved in 1753 from Fujimigahara to central Nagoya, which is also confirmed by a reference in the sen-cha text called "Sencha Soshinan", published in 1779.
Toyoraku's third generation, Daiki Toyosuke (大喜豊助 1779–1864), took up the family name Daiki, which was to continue. He served as a master of his craft in the Owari domain. In addition to Unge ware, Oribe, aka-e, shimitsu and fukai, etc., he also used natural mottling on earthenware to produce a marbleized effect. The tea handbook Sencha haya-shinan of 1801 mentions Toyosuke as an expert of teaware, with the following words of praise: "Except for kibisho (kyūsu) teapots, it is unnecessary to go seek for masters in the capital." The seals were "Toyaka" (豊禾) and "Toyosuke" (豊助).
The fourth generation, Toyosuke (四代豊助 1813–1858), moved back to Nagoya and worked in Kami-maezu (上前津) in today's Naka-ku. He also produced ceramic ware in Owari domain. He specialised in making elaborate ceramic pieces by applying maki-e, to make them resemble lacquerware or wood. Some of his works were done in the Raku ware style, from which it received its name.
The fifth generation, Toyosuke, died in 1885.
The sixth generation, Toyosuke, lived from 1848 to1917. He apparently made tea wares and sculptural pieces to the order of Emperor Meiji in 1876, and also exhibited domestically and abroad, winning a prize at the Exposition Universelle (1878) in Paris. From 1896 he began actively exporting wares to the United States. In his late years, he turned his attention to the workshop specialty of Raku-type ware.
His son became the seventh head of the workshop, but died prematurely from illness. Therefore his second son became the eighth and last generation head of the workshop in Taishō 3 (1915).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%8Draku_ware
Size: 7 3/8" diameter (18.7325 cm), 3" tall (7.62 cm)
Weight: 1 lb 4.5 oz (582 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Santa Barbara antique store ~2019
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. Lacquer has one chip on the outside and ceramic bowl has one chip on inside upper edge, both repaired with Kintsugi (gold joining) style lacquer and brass powder repairs. Several other age cracks to lacquer design, but it's overall in stable condition.
Subject: Medium ceramic and lacquer Hōraku ware bowl, attributed to Toyosuke 4 四代豊助 (1813–1858), who sometimes worked in the Raku style, and started applying lacquer ware to ceramics, Inside of bowl with Mishima style white slip inlaid designs of birds, fish, and other designs, on a orange brown Raku style ceramic base. Outside of bowl is covered with carved red tsuishu lacquer designs of rain dragons, flowers (cherry blossoms (sakura), plums, or similar), and scroll designs.
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Antique Japanese Nagoya Horaku 豊楽焼 Mishima Ceramic & Lacquer Bowl Toyosuke 四代豊助
