2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Study of potter Nonomura Ninsei and Kyoto ware of the 17th century with a focus on excavated artifacts and Kyoto ware collections held outside Japan, combined with chemical analyses of extant work

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Project/Area Number	16K02294
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Fine art history
Research Institution	Mokichi Okada Art and Culture Foundation (Curatorial Department)
Principal Investigator	Uchida Tokugo 公益財団法人岡田茂吉美術文化財団(学芸部), 学芸部, 学芸部長 (00426438)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	岡佳子大手前大学, 総合文化学部, 教授 (50278769)
Project Period (FY)	2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Keywords	工芸史 / 野々村仁清 / 在外京焼 / 化学分析
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This research explores works of Nonomura Ninsei, a Japanese potter of the 17th century, by examining his works excavated around his kiln Omuro and similar articles held in overseas collections, to verify basic techniques employed by the artist. We then conducted chemical analyses of Tea-leaf Jar with a design of wisteria (national treasure) and Pair of Tea Bowls with a lozenge pattern in gold and silver (important cultural property) to investigate the production processes and color compounds. The outcomes of the investigation were exanimated by a team of experts, including art history researchers,potters and lacquer artists. We demonstrated that the gold rhomboids on the Pair of Tea Bowls with a lozenge pattern in gold and silver was in gold paint, as opposed to gold foil. We also confirmed for the first time the black glaze called “Ninsei black".
Free Research Field	日本美術史
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	御室窯のやきものにおける金の接着方法に関し、先行研究では祝儀の贈答を目的に制作された茶碗などについて、焼き付けずに金箔を何らかの接着剤で貼り付けたとする見解が示されていた。本研究で、仁清作「色絵金銀菱文重茶碗」が目視では金箔に見えても、実際は金泥を焼き付けていたことが実証された事は、仁清陶における焼き付け、貼り付け両技法の成立や目的を考察する手がかりを示すものとして学術的に大きな意義を有する。また、本研究が対象とした日本の古美術は、特に若い世代には身近な存在とは言えないが、研究成果を踏まえた展覧会などを開催する事で、一般社会に対し興味と関心を高め再考する機会を与えるものと考えている。