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Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley with a contribution by
Yamazaki Tsuyoshi
The second part of the catalogue of the ceramic holdings of the
Collection focuses on another great artist-entrepreneur, Yabu Meizan
(1853-1934), and illustrates 168 of his earthenwares and those of
his contemporaries and imitators, minutely decorated in enamels
and gold over a characteristic crackled ground.
These wares, under the misleading name of 'Satsuma', were the most
popular of the Japanese craft products which dazzled the Western
world in the era of the great exhibitions.
A further essay by Impey and Fairley demolishes the various myths
about the origin of 'Satsuma' put about by Japanese and Western
writers in the late 19th-century, while a biography of Yabu Meizan
by Yamazaki Tsuyoshi, illustrated with copious examples of his work
from the Yabu family archive and from contemporary illustrations,
sheds fascinating light on the evolution of his style and working
methods.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
The late Dr Oliver Impey was formerly Senior Curator at the Ashmolean
Museum, and Reader in Japanese Art, University of Oxford. Co-editor
of 'Meiji No Takara - The Khalili Collection of Japanese Art' and
the author of many books.
Malcolm Fairley is formerly of Sotheby's and Barry Davies Oriental
Art; he is now owner of Malcolm Fairley Ltd. - Japanese Works of
Art in London. Co-editor of 'Meiji No Takara - The Khalili Collection
of Japanese Art' and an expert on all aspects of Meiji period art.
Clare Pollard is curator of the East Asian Collections at the Chester
Beatty Library in Dublin, author of "'Master Potter of Meiji Japan'
Mazuku Kozan (1842 - 1916) and his Workshop" and writer on Japanese
ceramics.
Yamazaki Tsuyoshi is curator at the Fine Arts Division of the Agency
for Cultural Affairs of Japan and formerly curator at Osaka City
Museum.
DETAILS
300 pages;
fully illustrated in colour
40 x 30 cm
hardback with slipcase
1995
1-874780-06-4
£150 (including Selected Essays)
$300 (including Selected Essays)
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