Width: 30cms
Height: 30cms
Date: CIrca 1880
£POA - What does POA mean?
Product Code: KPCE285
Artist / Company: Sozan
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From our collection of Japanese Meiji-era (1868-1912) ceramics, this fine, elegant dish signed Sozan with beautiful decoration of two opulently dressed Geisha. One with a parasol. They are walking by the banks of a lake and on the far side, an opulent Onsen building at the foot of a mountain range.
The ground, a deep blue with small stylised flowers with tiny polychrome highlights.
Signed Sozan to the front and Kinkozan to the reverse.
Offered in very good condition as shown in the photographs. Please don’t hesitate to contact us for additional information or to arrange a viewing in person.
Click on the video below to see a slide-show of photographs of this wonderful piece:
Geisha
A Geisha is a traditional Japanese female artist who specializes in performing various Japanese arts such as classical music, dance, and games to entertain guests. Geishas are known for their distinctive appearance, including elaborate kimonos, intricate hairstyles, and white make-up with red and black accents. Their training begins at a young age as a Mieko and involves mastering cultural arts, social etiquette, and conversation. While geishas were historically associated with high-class entertainment, their role has evolved over time. Today, they are seen as symbols of grace, tradition, and cultural preservation.
Sozan was the principal artist at the Kinkozan workshop in Kyoto. Like many artists of the time his birth and death dates are not recorded, but he left behind many impressive works.
We know he was active during the Meiji Period (1868-1912), as Herbert Ponting a documentary photographer visited the Kinkozan workshops in 1904 and wrote it in his book ‘In Lotus Land Japan’ he described the scene ‘…these artists work in little houses in the garden, where weeks and somethings months are spent on the embellishment of a single vase.’
Kinkozan owned a huge complex, and within this, small pavilions were placed in a tranquil garden, these were reserved for only the finest artists, giving them space to create their finest works. There are relatively few artists deemed skilled enough to be allowed to sign their own name on the Kinkozan works: Sozan was one of these and many of his works would have been destined for exhibitions and exclusive clients worldwide.
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