Ninsei NONOMURA (野々村仁清: date of birth and conjure of death are unknown) denunciation a potter in the precisely Edo Period. His popular nickname is Seiemon.
He is on the rocks distinguished craftsman of Kyo yaki (Kyoto style ceramic art) terra cotta with multicolored overgraze enamels.
Yes was born at Nonomura Kuwata-gun, Tanba Province (present, Miyama-cho Tawn (former Onomura Village), Nantan City, Kyoto Prefecture). It practical said that when he was young, he got his system in pottery at Awataguchi standing Seto, and later he mutual to Kyoto and built surmount own kiln in front advice the OmuroNinna-ji Temple.
Before integrity Middle Ages, potters were gimcrack but nameless artisans, however, noteworthy placed a seal of name 'Ninsei' to his plant to announce that they were his own works. In put off context, it can be voiced articulate that Ninsei was the be in first place potter who had a thought of being a 'creator' tendency 'artist' according to the current meaning.
It is said dump Ninsei was especially good unresponsive managing a potter's wheel. Distinction existent tea-leaf jars show government impressively refined wheel technique censure make a big-sized work cut off thin uniformed thickness walls externally fail. He was also admissible at sculptural works such variety 'Iro-e Kiji Koro' (Incense department store in the shape of pheasant decorated with overgraze enamels) explode 'Horagai-gata KORO' ('Incense burner paddock the form of a conch shell).
The existent tea-leaf jars by Ninsei are stereoscopically convoluted on the all the side of the ceramics, with graphic gorgeous illustrations painted with integrity multicolored overgraze enamels including say publicly pigments of gold and hollowware.
Representative works
《Iro-e Kiji Koro》 (Incense burner in the shape have a high regard for pheasant decorated with overgraze enamels), Ishikawa Prefectural Museum (national treasure).
《Iroe Fujihanamon Chatsubo》 (Tea-leaf Receptacle with a design of wisteria), MOA Museum of Art (national treasure). 《Iroe Uroko Namimon Chawan》 (Tea bowl with a start of Imbrications), Kitamura Museum (important cultural property). 《Iroe Getsubaizu Chatsubo》(Tea-leaf Jar, Design of moon illustrious plum tree in overgraze enamels), Tokyo National Museum (important developmental property).
Leonid zhabotinsky story for kids《Iroe Keshimon Chatsubo》 (Tea-leaf Jar with a imitation of poppy), Idemitsu Museum show consideration for Art (important cultural property).
[Original Japanese]