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Kawai Kanjirō

Kawai Kanjirō was a Japanese ceramicist and essayist (1890–1966). He was born at Yasugi and died at Higashiyama-ku.

Also recorded as Kanjirō Kawai; Kawai Kanjiro; Kawai Kanjirou.

Kawai Kanjirō in brief

Born
1890
Died
1966
Known for
ceramicist and essayist
Place of birth
Yasugi
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Formation and teaching

Kawai Kanjirō studied at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Matsue kita kōtō gakkō. He trained under Itaya Hazan.

Catalogued works

1 work under this name is catalogued by Wikidata Query Service.

Kogo (Incense Container) with a Floral Motif, dated 2000, held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art, inventory 1992.387.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Vanderbilt Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

2 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Kawai, Kanjirō, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Metamorphosis in Polarities: The Impact of Kawai Kanjirō on New Zealand Potter James Greig.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (136810950) and Getty Union List of Artist Names (ULAN) (500234059). Those registers additionally record the forms 河井寬次郎, Kawai Kanjiro, Kanjiro, Kawai, 河井寛次郎, Kawai Kanjirō and 河井, 寬次郎.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 8 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Kawai Kanjirō studied at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Matsue kita kōtō gakkō. training under Itaya Hazan is recorded. the recorded working language is Japanese.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are Mingei.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Japan.

Work by Kawai Kanjirō is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago and Vanderbilt Museum of Art.

Chronology

  1. 1890Kawai Kanjirō born at Yasugi.
  2. 1966Kawai Kanjirō died at Higashiyama-ku.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Kawai, Kanjirō, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Metamorphosis in Polarities: The Impact of Kawai Kanjirō on New Zealand Potter James Greig

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 136810950, Kawai, Kanjirō.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  4. 4.

    Getty Union List of Artist Names 500234059, Kawai, Kanjirō.

    authority file · Unverified · The Getty Research Institute

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  5. 5.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q6379524: Kawai Kanjirō

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  6. 6.

    “Kawai Kanjirō”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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