1st Edition
Ceramics and Modernity in Japan
1 A potter’s paradise: The realm of ceramics in modern Japan, MEGHEN JONES. PART I. 2 Tradition, modernity, and national identity: Celadon production at the Makuzu ceramic workshop 1870–1916, CLARE POLLARD. 3 More than "Western": Porcelain for the Meiji Emperor’s table, MARY REDFERN. PART II. 4 Modernizing ceramic form and decoration: Kyoto potters and the Teiten, GISELA JAHN. 5 Unifying science and art: The Kyoto City Ceramic Research Institute (1896–1920) and ceramic art education during the Taisho era, MAEZAKI SHINYA. PART III. 6 The spark that ignited the flame: Hamada Shoji, Paterson’s Gallery, and the birth of English studio pottery, JULIAN STAIR. 7 Okuda Seiichi and the new language of ceramics in Taisho (1912–1926) Japan, SEUNG YEON SANG. 8 The nude, the empire, and the porcelain vessel idiom of Tomimoto Kenkichi, MEGHEN JONES. PART IV. 9 Veiled references: The role of glaze in Japanese avant-garde ceramics, LOUISE ALLISON CORT. 10 Koyama Fujio’s view of modern Japanese ceramics and his role in the creation of "Living National Treasures", KIDA TAKUYA. EPILOGUE. 11 Found in translation: Ceramics and social change, TANYA HARROD.
Biography
Meghen Jones is Assistant Professor of Art History and Director of Global Studies at the New York State College of Ceramics of Alfred University, USA. Her research centers on ceramics, design, and modern art in Japan and in global perspective.
Louise Allison Cort is Curator Emerita for Ceramics, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, USA. Her primary research interests are historical and contemporary ceramics in Japan, Mainland Southeast Asia, and India.
