Kusube Yaichi

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Kusube Yaichi ( Japanese 楠 部 彌 弌 actually 楠 部 彌 一; born September 10, 1897 in Kyoto ; died December 18, 1984 ) was a Japanese potter.

Live and act

Kusube Yaichi became a student at the "Laboratory for Porcelain of the City of Kyoto" (“都市 試 験 所, Kyōto-shi tōjiki shikenjo) in 1912. In 1919 he founded the “Sekidosha” (赤土 社), the “Association of the Red Earth”, together with other graduates. In 1925 he won a prize at the " Exposition internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels modern ". From 1927 he was able to exhibit regularly at the annual state art exhibition "Teiten". In 1954 he received the award from the Academy of Arts , which accepted him as a member in 1962.

Kusube's creations include lightly colored decorated white porcelain as well as dark porcelain with the Saien (彩 埏) decoration he developed. Its production mainly includes vessels.

In 1971 Kusube received the Mainichi Art Prize . In 1972 he was honored as a person with special cultural merits , in 1978 he was awarded the Order of Culture .

Remarks

  1. ↑ Teiten ( 帝 展 ) is the abbreviation for the annual state art exhibition ( 帝国 美術展 覧 会 , Teikoku bijutsu-in tenrankai ) between 1919 and 1935. The predecessor from 1907 to 1918 was called Bunten (文 展) for Mombushō bijutsu tenrankai ( 文部省 美術展 覧 会 ), the successor from 1936 to 1944 was preceded by a shin (新) for “new”.

literature

  • S. Noma (Ed.): Kusube Yaichi . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993. ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 850.

Web links (images)

The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo owns a wide variety of objects including

Web links

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus, Kusube is the family name, Yaichi the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Kusube, Yaichi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 楠 部 彌 弌 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION japanese potter
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Kyoto
DATE OF DEATH 18th December 1984