Glowing Morning (Chōka)
- Period
- Shōwa period, 1926–1989
- Date
- c.1989
- made in
- Kyoto, Kyoto urban prefecture, Japan, Asia
- Classification
- Ceramics, sculpture
- Collection
- Asian Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 225
- Dimensions
- 20 1/16 x 26 3/8 x 9 in. (50.9 x 67 x 22.9 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum Shop Fund
- Rights
- © Estate of Miyashita Zenji
- Object Number
- 22:1991
NOTES
Miyashita Zenji works in the tradition of colored Kyoto ware. His vessels are constructed using cardboard templates. After the pieces are assembled and dried, successive wafer-thin layers of colored clay are applied in irregular strips. Miyashita's palette of nearly a hundred colors has been carefully prepared from mineral pigments and clay. To enhance their radiance, he sprays on a transparent glaze and fires for a long time (15 hours) in a gas kiln at a heat of 1250ºC. The brilliant colors add depth to his sculptural vessels and create associations with landscapes, drifting clouds, and rolling waves.
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