Width: 13.5cms
Height: 6cms
Depth: 13.5cms
Date: Circa 1880
£3,950
Product Code: KPCE267
Artist / Company: Kinkozan
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From our collection of Japanese Satsuma ware, this attractive bowl by the Kinkozan Company, (the most prolific manufacturer of Satsuma ware during the reign of Emperor Meiji.)
The interior of the bowl depicting a scene from the legendary tale of “Shuten Doji” where a women weeps bitterly, whilst washing the bloody clothes of a relative who had been slain by the beastly Shuten Doji.
The exterior of the bowl with smaller decorative panels depicting birds flying above blossoming trees and giant Peonies, on a rich dark blue ground, typical of fine works by Kinkozan.
Signed Kinkozan to the underneath.
Kinkozan
The Kinkozan dynasty were by far the biggest producers of export satsuma ware, they were active from 1645-1927 and exported heavily to America. Their factories produced a wide range of products and worked extensively with some of the best artists of the day.
Satsuma
Satsuma ware is a type of earthenware pottery originating from the Satsuma province in Southern Kyūshū, Japan’s third largest island. The first kilns were established here is the 16th century by Korean potters kidnapped by the Japanese for their extraordinary skills, prior to this there was no ceramic industry in Satsuma.
The first presentation of Japanese arts to the West was in 1867, Satsuma was one of the star attractions, it was this that established the satsuma aesthetic we are most familiar with today. This export style reflects the foreign tastes of the time, popular designs featured millefleur (million flower), and complex filled in patterns. Many pieces featured panels depicting typical Japanese scenes to appeal to the west such as pagodas, cherry blossom, birds and flowers and beautiful ladies and noble men in traditional dress. The height of popularity for Satsuma was the Meiji Period and many of the most beautiful and artistically accomplished works were made during this time.
Shuten Doji
The son of the disgraced and debauched Lord of Ibuki-yuma, Shuten-Doji inherited his fathers atrocious disposition, such was his demon-like temperament his mother could not deal with the child and abandoned him on Mount Hiyoshi.
The child great strength allowed him to easily survive by killing wild animals for food which he ate raw. He became more beast than man and gained many wild followers and beasts and built a stronghold in the mountains, from which he emerged, to rob men and ravish women.
The mountain became known as Oye-yama (devil’s mountain), the Emperor Murakami sent his best warrior, Raiko, to put an end to Shuten Doji’s reign of terror.
Along with his four retainers, Raiko disguised himself as a travelling priest and travelled to the mountain. Along the way they met the Spirit of Sumiyoshi in the form of an old man, he presented Raiko with a magical cap to wear beneath his helmet, a jar of poisoned sake to stupefy the beast, and a silk cord to bind him.
They travelled on, past a mountain stream where Raiko came across a woman weeping bitterly as she washed the blooded clothes of her relative in the cold water, they had been killed by Shuten Doji. After assuring her safety she directed them to the entrance of the beast’s lair.
Upon arriving they found Shuten Doji dressed in opulent Chinese clothing, feasting on human flesh, seated amongst his ogreish men and waited on by beautiful female captives.
Mistaking them for potential allies, Shuten Doji invited Raiko and his men to eat with him, which they pretended to do. Raiko presented his jar of sake and Shuten Doji and his followers greedily drank it down, they soon became overcome by the drink and Raiko and his men were able to bind them with the magical silk cord.
He then raised his blade high and cut the beast Shuten Doji’s head from his shoulders. The head, possessed by some magical force, rose into the air and descended upon Raiko, but he was able to fight it off. The noise awoke a hoard of oni from deep within the mountain, but they were no match for Raiko’s men who swiftly dispatched them.
They got to work freeing the captives and destroying the demon’s stronghold, it was with great joy that they returned to Kyoto alongside the freed captives. Raiko presented the beast’s head to the Emperor and a victory procession was held in their honour.
Although fantastical in nature it’s believed that this folk tale was a form of propaganda, based on a highly embellished true account of the destruction of a powerful outlaw in the area.
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