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Author: Louise Allison Cort
Publisher: Orchid Press
Category: Book

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Sales Rank: 1101429

Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 428
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.1
Dimensions (in): 11.7 x 8.7 x 1.5

ISBN: 9748304914
Dewey Decimal Number: 950
EAN: 9789748304915

Publication Date: July 25, 2006
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Product Description
For over seven centuries, farmer-potters of Shigaraki, a rural valley outside the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto, have fashioned from the unique clays of their region a broad variety of storage jars and tea ceremony wares that occupy a key place in the esteemed aesthetic of wood fired stoneware. This long out-of-print classic work by Louise Cort brings together all facets of the valley's fascinating political, economic, and artistic history to present a comprehensive portrait of these appealing wares and the potters who produced them. Her careful study of stylistic development permits more accurate dating of the early wares than ever before and reveals both the stylistic limitations imposed by Shigaraki's singular clays and the influence of pottery makers and markets outside of the valley. The voices of the potters themselves are heard in the author's detailed descriptions of throwing, glazing, firing, and kiln building, while invaluable supplemental information includes chemical analyses of the valley's clays; commentaries on Shigaraki wares by potters from outside the valley; an account of early twentieth-century life in the valley by a woman who was both the daughter and wife of master potters; a thorough assessment of kiln-site investigations; and the full text and illustrations of a government-sponsored 1872 study of pottery production in the valley, never before published in its entirety, and which includes complete formulas for the distinctive Shigaraki glazes. This informed, intimate account of the history of Shigaraki ware and the people who make it is both a rich, human document and a meticulous study of styles and influence, texture, and technique.

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