Ninsei
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{{Short description|Japanese potter active in mid-1600s}}
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Ninsei (仁清) was a Japanese potter, who lived in the Edo Period, roughly between the 1640s to the 1690s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/29.100.668/|title= Ninsei-style Incense Burner with Flowers of the Four Seasons |website=www.metmuseum.org|access-date=2019-02-06}} He was born Nonomura Seisuke (野々村), and later received the first name Seiemon (清右衛門). He was later bestowed with the artistic name Ninsei, with a seal.
Biography
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Little is known directly about his life; he is believed to have been born in the village of Tamba,{{Cite journal|last1=SAKAMOTO|first1=Toru|last2=UEMURA|first2=Fujio|date=1972|title=Marine Pleistocene near Kinosaki, Japan Sea Coast of Hyogo Prefecture, Japan|journal=The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan|volume=78|issue=8|pages=415–416|doi=10.5575/geosoc.78.415|issn=0016-7630|doi-access=free}} near Tachikui in Hyogo Prefecture, near Kobe.
He is associated with Kyō ware, often being credited as one of the key founders and influencers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.e-yakimono.net/guide/html/kyo-yaki.html|title=KYO-YAKI Menu - EY Net Japanese Pottery Primer|website=www.e-yakimono.net|access-date=2019-02-06}} He was a master craftsman who perfected the colourful painted pottery in Kyoto. After learning the technique of making tea jars in Seto, around the Shōhō era (1644-1648) he opened the Omuro kiln in front of the gate of Ninnaji Temple.{{cite web | url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/53832 | title=Nonomura Ninsei | Tea Caddy, named Tall (Seitaka) | Japan | Edo period (1615–1868) }} Tea master Kanamori Sowa (Shigechika) heaped high praise for his excellent potter's wheel technology and Kyoto-style design.http://www.sowaryu.jp/sowa_rekishi-e.html{{Dead link | date=June 2025 | fix-attempted=yes}} In response to orders from the public and daimyō families his ware became popular with Japanese tea ceremony.
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He is also believed to have had a son, nicknamed "Ninsei II", who attempted to succeed him in his work, but did not reach the same level.{{Cite web|url=http://www.e-yakimono.net/html/ninsei-nonomura-04-jt.html|title=Ninsei Nonomura, Kyoto Artist, Kyo-Yaki, March 2004 Japan Times Story by Robert Yellin|website=www.e-yakimono.net|access-date=2019-02-06}}
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External links
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- [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ninsei Ninsei | Kakiemon, Imari, Arita | Britannica]
- [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/29.100.668/ Workshop of Nonomura Ninsei | Ninsei-style Incense Burner with Flowers of the Four Seasons | Japan | Edo period (1615–1868)]
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Category:17th-century Japanese artists
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