Kakemono Sketch-Style Tea Bowl with Calligraphy (Haiga)

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Signature / Stamp:
Suzuki Ishioko
Period:
Shôwa (1926–1989)
Dimensions (height x width):
130 x 66 cm
Item number:
6166

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Details about the sold piece

  • JikusakiCeramics
  • Material HonshiPaper
  • MotifCalligraphy
  • TechniqueHand-Painted
  • Wooden BoxYes

Description

With loose, almost caricature-like brushwork, a tea bowl and a small vessel are sketched here, accompanied by loosely thrown-down characters in very free, cursive calligraphy.

This reduced, humorous painting style is called Haiga – a pictorial form closely related to haiku poetry, which fuses image and text into a playful unity. The lightness of the linework stands in contrast to the deep meaning accorded to the tea ceremony in Japanese culture, and alludes with a wink to the quiet joy of drinking tea together.

Such works were often popular among tea masters and their students as personal, informal works of art. The work bears the signature and seal of Suzuki Ishioko and was created in the Shôwa period. Painted on paper and fitted with a jikusaki made of ceramics, this hand-painted unique work is a charming, unconventional kakemono for friends of tea culture.

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