There are many items in one room with a lot of focus needed as the name
of this Gallery. You really have to spend the time with individually when visit Gallery.
My photos are showing only partial collection. So the best way to study
individual item will be obtaining exhibition catalog "Colors of Kyoto" written by
Dr. Shinya Maezaki and Dr. Sinead Vilbar. It will give you great insight of
Seifu Yohei’s process of their creation in Kyoto during those years...

We are very exciting to let you know Grand opening
of Colors of Kyoto, Seifu Yohei Ceramic Studio
Exhibition at The Cleveland Museum of Art,
08/19/2023 (Sat) thru 03/10/2024 (Sun).
We are showing only 12 pcs here, very fine
Japanese master ceramist artist, Seifu Yohei III,
who was very first ceramist received prestigeous
membership of Teishitsu Gigeiin (Imperial Household
Artisan) in Meiji 26h, 1893 and other Seifu Yohei
generation including grand son...

New volume in the Cleveland Masterwork Series focuses on a studio of important late nineteenth through early twentieth-century Japanese ceramic artists.

This is the first comprehensive look in English at the Seifū Yohei Ceramic Studio in Kyoto, from the Meiji period (1868–1912) to the mid Shōwa period (1926–89), the James and Christine Heusinger Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art as its core material...

This is additonal photos II of Exhibition items
at The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Exhibition is now open and thru 3/10/24.
These items were gifted to The Celveland
Museum of Art by Mr. James and Mrs. Christine
Heusinger. Please note all items showing are
not for sale.

The size of Plate: 5 7/8" Dia x 1 1/8" High. This is beautiful Japanese Ko Imari Porcelain plate with polychrome colors with Fence Design and flowers. All flowers and fence design has gold works around. All designs are intricately hand painted. Backside plate with Karakusa design around the border. Inside foot rim has "Taimin Seika Nensei" (Great Ming Chenghua Nian Zhi) in Japanese; Kanji letters...

The size of Bowl: 7 1/2" Dia x 3 3/8"High. Japanese Ko Imari Porcelain Bowl. The bowl has very good enamel works surface as well as on the backside. Surface side has the design of Eagle with Pine tree, clouds and bamboo grass. Insid rim area with blue underglaze and chrysanthemum design. Outside has a lots of enamel work with Peony flower and clouds. Very good works of blue underglaze design around foot rim. The condition of bowl is excellent, no chip, no crack and no hairline...

The size of Bowl: 8 3/4" Dia x 4"High. Japanese Ko Imari Porcelain Deep Bowl. The bowl has very good enamel works surface as well as on the backside. Surface has the design of Eagle with Pine tree, clouds and bamboo grass. Inside rim area with blue underglaze and chrysanthemum design. Outside has a lots of enamel work with Peony flower and clouds. Very good works of blue underglaze design around foot rim. The condition of bowl is excellent, no chip, no crack and no hairline...

The size of Plate: 7 1/4" Dia x 1 1/8". Pretty Japanese Ko Imari Plate. The plate has blue underglaze design with red, gold design in the center. There is two design around with total three windows and three strip decoration. One with Crane and Pine tree with gold karakusa design. Other stripe design with red Karakusa and green geometric design. All of design are done with very good detail work. The condiiton of plate very good, no chip, no crack and no hairline...

The size of Plate: 7 3/16" Dia x 1 1/4" High. Japanese Antique Porcelain Kutani Plate...

The size of Imari Bowl: 6 1/4" Dia x 2 1/8" H.. This is unusual design of geese flying with gold cloud and moon over Susuki Grass(Japanese pampass Grass and wild flowers.) The design like Ogata Korin's. The inner border with red band with gold. It is deeper than regular Namasu bowl and little bigger. Outside bowl has nice Karakusa design in blue under glaze and lavender color painting. The condition of bowl excellent, no chip, no crack, and no hairline. No scratch on the surface. The bowl sit we...

The size of Dish: 5 1/4" Dia x 1 3/16". Japanese Ko Imari Porcelain Dish. The dish has pretty Sakura(cherry blossoms) design on the side wall with gold and red. There is Fan and Karakusa motif, plus square landscape design with Fuji Mountain, pine tree, and plover birds design. It is rather simple yet it has classy looking design by using nice composition. The condition of dish excelelnt, no chip, no crack and no hairline. A couple of original kiln spots on the foot rim.Little wear on the gold o...

The size of Plate: 7 1/4" Dia x 1 1/4" High. Fine quality Japanese Ko Imari Porcelain Plate. The plate has three section window divided by Gold and red Karakusa design. There is Crane design in circle. Well control Yoroke design in gold green lavender colors. Window has Japanese flower in enamel work and butterfly. The center of plate with blue underglaze landscape design accented with gold. Well done plate. The shape and also the glazing is fine quality porcelain body. Outside has treasure desi...

The size of bowl: 6 7/8" Dia x 2 1/8" Very unusual Japanese Ko Imari Porcelain Namasu Bowl. The bowl has the design of flower motif in the center with bamboo leaves around. The side wall has two windows of phoenix bird and tropical plants. Bewteen them, gold Karakusa and spider mums design in gold and red. Very well painted. The shape of bowl is also nice with curving up. Outside has blue underglaze design. Good quality bowl. It is nice size bowl. The condition of bowl very good, no chip, no cra...

The size of Bowl 6 5/8" Dia x 2" High. Japanese Ko Imari Porcelain Bowl. The bowl is bit larger than regular Namasu bowl. The bowl has the unusual design of archer sitting at the front of Japanese house with wave design. Arrow hit dead eye center. There are two sections divided by gold decoration of dragon with flower design around. The condition of bowl excellent, no chip, no crack and no hairline. There is some of tiny green leaf and purple enamel spots are missing due to the age which often h...

The Size: 12 1/4" High x 5" Dia Body, 5 1/2" Top. It is beautiful Japanese Ko Imari Vase with flare top and ruffled top. The workmanship is wonderful. It has Musha design (Samurai figure) with window on each side of vase. The vase is like a Satsuma body with crackle glazing. The between the window design, there are peony and pheasant design wonderful detail work. There are two pheasant birds design as well as Cherry blossoms, and mums design. The top vase has peony design. The condition of vase ...

The size of Bowl: 6" Dia x 1 3/8" High. This is beautiful and Rare Japanese Old Kutani Bowl from early Meiji, 1870-1890. It is made of fine porcelain. It has the design of Taka (Japanese Hawk), with Fuji Mountain, Pine Tree with the decoration of Karakusa done with gold work, The pine tree are painted with fine brush works. It is not outlined work like commercial painting items. There is Sun or Moon design behind the Hawk. Outside of bowl has cherry blossom leaves with Genji Kou design. The bowl...

The size of Bowl: 6 3/4" Dia x 2 1/4". Japanese Ko Imari Blue and White Porcelain Bowl. The bowl was made solidly and very steady with good fine glazing. The center bowl has Hana-Mon (flower mon) design. The side wall has the design of Momo (peach) Karakusa(Chinese grass) design. Peach is lucky symbol. Outside has Karakusa design. The condition of bowl excellent, no chip, no crack and no hairline, as well as almost none scratch. The double lines inside has the section with weak underglaze. The s...

The size of Covered Bowl: 4 1/4" Dia x 3 1/2"H top of bowl and Cover. 2 1/16" H top of bowl. This is pretty Japanese Porcelain Covered bowl with the design of bamboo and vase, with flowers and other tree. It is nicely hand painted with thick polychrome as well as gold painted. It is dated from early to mid19c, 1830-1860. Late Edo period. Inside bowl and cover has finely painted design in blue and white. Each bowl and cover has flower design in BW with gold touch. Each cover has marking of flowe...