Kato Shundai

Japanese: 加藤春岱 - かとう・しゅんたい

Year of death: March 18, 1877
Year of birth: 1802
A potter in Seto during the late Edo period. Born into a family that owned Akatsu pottery, his childhood name was Soshiro. He excelled in pottery from an early age, and in 1816, at the age of 15, he succeeded his father Keisen and participated in the Ofukai ware production. When he was around 30 years old, he was bestowed the name "Shundai" by Tokugawa Nariharu, the 11th lord of Owari (Nagoya) domain. While Kato Tamikichi founded porcelain in Seto, Shundai, who protected pottery, added akae, Oribe, and Shino techniques to traditional Seto ware, and was also skilled in the so-called straw-dye technique, which involves painting the pottery body with red, white, and black underglaze paint. In Seto ware, traditional traditional pottery is called the "main profession," and Shundai is one of the last master craftsmen of this type. He wrote "Shundai (signature)" on his works and took pride in being a traditional craftsman.

(Yoshiaki Yabe)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：明治10.3.18(1877)
生年：享和2(1802)
幕末の瀬戸の陶工。赤津御窯屋の家に生まれ,幼名は宗四郎。幼いときから陶芸に秀で,文化13(1816)年15歳で父景典の跡を継ぎ,御深井焼にも参加した。30歳前後に11代尾張(名古屋)藩主徳川斉温から「春岱」の号を拝領したという。瀬戸で磁器を創始した加藤民吉に対し,陶器を守る春岱は,伝統の瀬戸焼に,赤絵や織部・志野の技も加え,陶胎に赤・白・黒で下絵付けした,いわゆる麦藁手にも長じていた。瀬戸焼では従来の伝統的な陶器を“本業”というが,春岱はその最後の名工のひとりである。作品には「春岱(花押)」と書き込み,伝統的な技術者であることを自負した。

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