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Fig. 1. Cover of the exhibition catalogue Towakai Soji Tenkan zufu, 1929 Fig. 2. Lot 809 in the present sale, as illustrated in Towakai Soji Tenkan zufu, 1929
圖一 1929年版《陶話会宋瓷展観図譜》封面。 圖二 拍品809號在1929年版《陶話会宋瓷展観図譜》中的著錄。
such aesthetic elements. The leading propagator of the folk-craft When Cizhou ceramics appeared in the Japanese antique market in
movement, known as Mingei 民藝, Yanagi Muneyoshi 柳宗悦, the 1920s they created a sensation and renewed the Japanese interest
describes the beauty hidden in hand-made domestic wares: in Chinese ceramics, generating an antiques boom. Since then,
Cizhou ceramics continue to fascinate connoisseurs, who admire the
Since the life of a ware is its use, when a ware accomplishes this, its beauty is
cultural heyday of the Northern Song dynasty. The large proportion
enhanced. Worn pieces are even more beautiful, aren’t they? ......Displaying of Cizhou wares in the Linyushanren Collection is a refection of the
them is to praise their long-ago use. We fnd in their beauty a history of their fascination with Chinese ceramics in Japan.
service and accumulation of accomplished use throughout their life. When we
talk about their beauty, we talk about their life. 6
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1 Hasebe Gakuji, Imai Atsushi, Chugoku no Toji, vol.12, Nihon Shutsudo no Chugoku Toji (Chinese Ceramics, vol.12, Chinese ceramics excavated in Japan) 1995, Heibonsha, Tokyo,
p. 108.
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2 Yabe Yoshiaki ed., Nihon Toji Daijiten (The Encyclopedia of Japanese Ceramics), 2002, Kasokawa Shoten, Tokyo, p. 166.
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3 Kushi Takuma, Wagakuni niokeru Souji no Shushu, Sekai Toji Zenshu vol.10 (Collection of Song ceramics in Japan, Ceramic Art of The World, vol.10) 1954, Kawade Shobo,
Tokyo, p. 271.
Hirota Fukkosai, Aruita Michi (The way I walked), 1952, Kyuryudo, Tokyo, p. 218-219.
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5 Kurahashi Tojiro, Toki Zuroku, Kyorokushutsudoto (Ceramics catalogue, Ceramics wares excavated from Julu), 1932, Koseikai Shuppanbu, Tokyo, p. 3.
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6 Yanagi Muneyoshi, Mingei toha Nanika, (What is Mingei?) 1941, Showa Shuppan, p. 70 (2006, Kodansha Gakujutsu Bunko edition).
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