Dish with design of Eightfold Bridge, Ogata Ihachi, Japan, Edo period, mid 18th century, earthenware with enamels and iron pigment under transparent lead glaze - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC05505.JPG
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Dish with design of Eightfold Bridge, Ogata Ihachi, Japan, Edo period, mid 18th century, earthenware with enamels and iron pigment under transparent lead glaze Freer Gallery of Art DSC05505, Lead-glazed pottery, Japanese ceramics in the Freer Gallery of Art
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Dish with design of Eightfold Bridge, Ogata Ihachi, Japan, Edo period, mid 18th century, earthenware with enamels and iron pigment under transparent lead glaze Freer Gallery of Art DSC05505, Rectangular dish with design of iris

TYPE
Tray (tanzaku)

MAKER(S)
Artist: Ogata Ihachi (Kyoto Kenzan II) (active 1720-1760)

HISTORICAL PERIOD(S)
Edo period, mid 18th century

MEDIUM
White clay with enamels and iron pigment under transparent lead glaze

DIMENSION(S)
H x W x D: 42.5 x 8.2 x 2.4 cm (16 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 15/16 in)

GEOGRAPHY
Japan, Kyoto prefecture, Kyoto

CREDIT LINE
Gift of Charles Lang Freer

COLLECTION
Freer Gallery of Art

ACCESSION NUMBER
F1896.56a-c

LABEL
The analogue for this shape is a paper strip called tanzaku, used for inscribing poems. "Tanzaku dishes" were made by the first Kenzan throughout his career. Those, however, are inscribed with poetry while this piece is painted. The theme, as indicated by the motif of iris, is the "eight bridges" from the Tales of Ise. In this context, the rectangular dish could also be interpreted as one of the planks of the bridge across the iris swamp.

PROVENANCE
FORMER OWNER
Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (C.L. Freer source) (1867-1940)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Photography was permitted in the museum without restriction.
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八重橋を図案化したもの、尾形伊八、18世紀中頃、18世紀中頃、透明な鉛薬の下にエナメルと鉄顔料を塗った陶器 フリーア美術館 DSC05505、鉛陶器、フレーア美術館の日本の陶磁器
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八重橋をデザインした陶器、尾形伊八、18世紀中頃、18世紀中頃、透明な鉛の下のエナメルと鉄顔料を施した陶器 フリーア美術館 DSC05505、彩をデザインした長方形の皿 TYPEトレイ(tanzaku) MAKER(S) 作者:尾形伊八(京都見山II) 【活動期間:1720-1760) 江戸時代の、 18世紀半ば MEDIUM 透明な鉛薬の下にエナメルと鉄顔料を施した白土 透明な初代乾山が生涯を通じて作った料理が「短冊料理」である。但し、歌碑あり。アイリスをモチーフにしたテーマは伊勢物語の「八つの橋」である。この文脈では、長方形の皿は、彩沼を渡る橋の板の1つとしても解釈できる。松木文恭 チャールズ・ラング・フリーア 写真は美術館で制限なく許可された。
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lead-free glaze white lead pigmentation pigment period piece edo period