Top of Sometsuke Katagami Mitsu-Domoe Kozara (small dish with stenciled yin-yang design)

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Title:
Sometsuke Katagami Mitsu-Domoe Kozara (small dish with stenciled threefold swirl design)
Catalog Number:
AACC-94-032
Source:
Asian American Comparative Collection
Description:
This heavily-decorated kozara features multiple elements on the interior that include a mitsu-domoe in a halo of fire, a red-headed crane surrounded by trailing karakusa, images of plum and possibly chrysanthemum flowers, and a balustrade that is reminiscent of tamagaki or mizugaki fencing used to surround sacred areas like Shinto temples (Shimura 2008:188). The exterior of the dish is undecorated. Katagami, which often covers large portions of a vessel surface with small, repeating patterns, like the seven jewels diaper and turtle shell diaper seen here, was most popular as a method of decorating mass-produced porcelains in the early to mid-Meiji era (Bibb 2001:5-6). This vessel was donated to the AACC by the Palouse Asian American Association.
Functional Category:
Mealtime Tableware
Material:
Jiki (porcelain)
Vessel Form:
Kozara (small dish)
Artifact Dimensions:
Rim= 12.5 cm; footring= 7.5 cm; height= 1.9 cm
Pigment Application:
Shita-Etsuke (underglaze)
Decoration Type:
Sometsuke Katagami (stencil cobalt)
Interior Decoration Method:
Katagami (paper stencil)
Interior Decoration Color:
Cobalt blue
Interior Decoration Elements:
Karakusa (tendrils); Mitsu-Domoe (threefold swirl); Tsuru (crane); Ume (plum) blossom; Seven Jewels diaper; Turtle Shell diaper
Manufacture Origin:
Japan
Manufacture Date Range:
Most popular during the Meiji era (1868-1912)
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Preferred Image Citation:
Photo courtesy of the Asian American Comparative Collection, University of Idaho, catalog no. AACC-94-032.
Metadata Created By:
Renae Campbell (2018)
Reference Link:
https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/hjccc/data/hjccc-124.html
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