YAKISHIME – Earth Metamorphosis
Yakishime, firing unglazed wares at high temperatures, is said to be one of the most basic means to produce ceramics. The tradition embodied in these primordial wares continues unbroken to this day. This exhibition focuses on Yakishime wares, as part of Japan’s traditional culture, and presents their history from the earliest examples to the present through Yakishime tea vessels, food vessels, and works that are transformations of Yakishime into non-utilitarian objets d’art, aiming to provide an excellent opportunity to communicate this distinctively Japanese sensibility and aesthetic to the people abroad.
Curator
Mieko Iwai （Curator, Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art）
Planning Assistance
Tomokazu Hirai
Sections
Introduction: The birth of Yakishime / Section 1: Yakishime as Tea Wares / Section 2: Washoku and Yakishime / Section 3: Yakishime as Objet d’Art
Dates
2027 first semester Turkey *TBC
2026 first semester Armenia *TBC
February 3 - 15, 2026
Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts（New Delhi, India)
December 3 - 17, 2025
Indian Museum（Kolkata, India)
October 18 - 26, 2025
Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat (Bengaluru, India)
September 16 - 29, 2025
Cholamandal Artists' Village（Chennai, India)
August 2 - 17, 2025
Kaohsiung Cultural Center（Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
July 12- 27, 2025
New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum (New Taipei City, Taiwan)
November 23, 2024 - January 19, 2025
Whirinaki Whare Taonga（Upper Hutt, New Zealand)
October 1 - 28, 2024
Estuary Arts Centre（Auckland, New Zealand)
August 22 - September 6, 2024
Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art (ILOMOCA)（Iloilo, Philippines)
July 4 - 31, 2024
Metropolitan Museum of Manila (The M)（Manila, Philippines)
June 10- 30, 2024
Embassy of Japan in Nepal (Kathmandu, Nepal)
Shiro Tsujimura, Fresh-water jar, 2015
Yuho Kaneshige, Tea bowl, 2015
Mayumi Shimizu, Bowl and Cups, 2015
Jun Isezaki, Kurochohozara (Black rectangular dish), 2015
Tsubusa Kato, Vase Kawakomaki Shime Jar, 1993
Yu Fujiwara, Vase with ruiza bossed decoration, Bizen type, 1985-88
Akira Wada, AFTER RAINS COMES THE SUN, 2015
Ryuichi Kakurezai, So (Pair) 2015
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