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Covered dish with a design of moon and grasses, mountains and clouds
Covered dish with a design of moon and grasses, mountains and clouds

Covered dish with a design of moon and grasses, mountains and clouds

Artist (Japanese, 1663–1743)
Date1663–1743
MediumGlazed stoneware
Dimensions3 3/8 × 5 5/8 inches (8.6 × 14.3 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineAcquired through the George and Mary Rockwell Fund
Terms
  • Ceramics
  • Glazed stoneware
  • Grass
  • Moon
  • Mountain
  • Clouds
  • Japanese
Object number2003.023.005 a,b
Label CopyAutumn grasses on the Musashi plain against a full moon is an important theme of autumn in Japanese art. It has its origins in a poem by Minamoto no Michikata (1189–1238): Musashino wa The plains of Musashi tsuki no irubeki have no mountain peaks mine mo nashi into which the moon can slip, obana ga sue ni as white clouds enshroud kakaru shirakumo spears of plume grasses. —Translated by John T. Carpenter (“Moon," curated by Ellen Avril and presented at the Johnson Museum August 25, 2018-January 13, 2019)
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