Item KA003

Shinsha Senmon
Tea Cup Set

(2pc. & signed box)

¥ 28,000

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Kawai Akiteru

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In the late 1920's in Japan, a small group of like-minded artists started the mingei, or "folk art", movement.  It was the reaction to what they saw as industrialization's increasing threat to the quality and craftsmanship in everyday, handmade items like cups, tables and baskets.  They sought to preserve these values by making works which satisfied the functional as well as spiritual needs of daily life.

Kawai Kanjiro (1890-1966) was a principal figure in the mingei movement.  His works are renowned for their creativity and rustic appeal, and his contribution to Japan's ceramic making history is profound and far-reaching.  Today, a small handful of his descendants, like Kawai Akiteru, keep the craftsman spirit alive with their own style of mingei pottery.

These stoneware tea cups are done in a copper glaze called shinsha (lit. "cinnabar") and accented with elegant, high-relief slip detailing (senmon).  The set comes with a signed wooden presentation box (ki-bako) made to order.

Delivery time for this item is 2 weeks.

See Kawai Akiteru's 2008 Osaka group exhibition pictorial for more works


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