The Kura - Japanese Art Treasures


19th c. Japanese Ceramic Vase by Takahashi Dohachi & Itsuun

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817-2 Kannonji Monzen-cho
Kamigyo-ku Kyoto 602-8385
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A crab crawls among the awa plants burgeoning with seed on the side of this Kyo-yaki vessel by Takahashi Dohachi with the painting performed by Itsuun which appears to be dated 1836 in the 60 year lunar cycle. It comes enclosed in a period wooden box annotated by Dohachi VI. It is 10-3/4 inches (27 cm) tall and in excellent condition. The box inscription reads: Itsuun Kani Ga (Image of Crab by Itsuun) Sendai Dohachi Zo Kabin (Vase made by previous generation Dohachi) and inside: Kachutei Rokusei Dohachi Kan (Attested by Kachutei Dohachi VI).
The only Itsuun I know of is Kinoshita Itsuun (1798-1866); a trained doctor and nanga artist of the late Edo period from Nagasaki. Very popular in his home town, he also went to Kyoto where he learned the Shijo and Yamato-e styles of painting and would have associated there with the likes of Dohachi in the literati circles.