Japanese Incense bowl

ClareBk · 22 Jan 2024

Our museum has a Japanese Incense bowl and goblet that we know little about. It has a signature on the base which may be 立石勝五郎 Tachi'ishi Shōgorō or I have found by searching for the Japanese letters Katsugoro Tateishi. One article says the bowl is an incense stand. Are we on the right track?

Majestic · 23 Jan 2024

The signature is 立石藤五郎 (TATEISHI Fujigorō). Other readings of the family name are possible, but Tateishi is the most plausible) .

I couldn't find anything online, but there are other potters with the name of TATEISHI (and similar, three-kanji given names), so it may be a known family or school of potters.

Mikawa Ossan · 23 Jan 2024

@Majestic are you sure that it's 藤 and not 勝?

Majestic · 23 Jan 2024

Good catch. Definitely looks more like 勝,

so 勝五郎 (TATEISHI Katsugorō), who does show up in a search - unfortunately he only shows up on a dodgy Russian auction site, but it is a slight indication that there are some pieces out there from this potter.

ClareBk · 23 Jan 2024

Majestic said:
Good catch. Definitely looks more like 勝,

so 勝五郎 (TATEISHI Katsugorō), who does show up in a search - unfortunately he only shows up on a dodgy Russian auction site, but it is a slight indication that there are some pieces out there from this potter.

Hi Majestic, This is great. So just to clarify is the name TATEISHI, Katsugoro as I found, even though dodgy site, so then I know the name to ask the museum in Japan? The piece is the same shape which as you say may indicate from family of potters with the same surname.

Majestic · 23 Jan 2024

Yes, that's correct.

Japanese Incense bowl

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