Ishiguro Munemaro

Ishiguro Munemaro ( Japanese 石 黒 宗 麿 ; born April 14, 1893 in Imizu ( Toyama Prefecture ); died June 3, 1968 ) was a Japanese potter during the Shōwa period .

Live and act

Ishiguro Munemaro graduated from school in 1912. He decided to become a potter and experimented with raku ceramics , Iga ceramics (伊 賀 焼, Iga-yaki), Mishima ceramics (三島 手), karatsu ceramics (唐 津 焼), with hakeme (刷毛 目), the application of paint with thin brush on a light background, with the porcelain from the Southern Song period , with the three-colored ceramics from the Tang period and with decorations in the Korean style.

In 1939 he succeeded in producing the first smooth kaki- colored Temmoku bowls, as well as the first three-leaf Tenmoku outside of China in 1940, including versions of the surfaces with partridge plumage dot design. He also dealt with the Honan- (河南) -Temmoku, brown-black.

Ishiguro won top honors at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1937 , at the exhibition of the Japanese Ministry of Commerce in 1941. With his contributions to the Temmoku glaze, he was one of the first to be awarded the honorary title “ Living National Treasure ” in 1955 .

Remarks

1. ↑ Temmoku (天 目) is characterized by its iron glaze dark structured surface, especially of tea cups. The area of ​​origin is said to be the area on Mount Temmoku in China.

Web links (images)

At the National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo :

• Tang tricolor (唐三彩 馬) c.1928
• Temmoku jug (天 目 釉 土 瓶) c.1928-36
• Hakeme jug (刷毛 目 碗) c.1928-36

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Ishiguro Munemaro . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 629.

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Ishiguro is the family name, Munemaro the first name.