{"id":105,"count":40,"description":"While Kozan I was producing ceramic works for the foreign markets, he continued create works un the style of Ninsei and Kenzan for the domestic market throughout his life. In this chapter, we see these Ninsei and Kenzan style works of Kozan I.\r\n\r\nMakuzu Chozo, the father of Kozan I excelled at Ninsei-style works and gained a reputation as a master potter in Kyoto. This technique was handed down in the Makuzu workshop over genertions. Kozan I, who produced a large numbed of ceramic for the tea-ceremony for the domestic market, also created \u2018utsushi\u2019 of Fdo master potteries, such as Ninsei and Kenzan. \u2018Utsushi\u2019 is not a simple imitation. \u2019Taught\u2019 by the past masters, it is expected not only to copy the exterior, but also to learn the spirit of masuter\u2019s work, but yet to add one\u2019s own interpretation and flavor.\r\n\u2018What my late father was especislly good at and praised for by professionals were Ninsei, Kenzan-style and iron-red and cobalt-blue paonted works (\u2026)\u2019.  From Kozan II \u2018s later recollection, we can see that these works by his father gained high acclaim at his time.\r\n\r\n\u2018For the Ninsei-style were, his shill was almost tours de force.\r\n   Some said that it was copying Ninsei and outstripping the original\u2019.\r\nCited from Makuzu Kozan collection (1920)\r\n\r\nNonomura Ninsei  (date of birth and death unknown)\r\n\r\nConsidered as the founder of Kyo-yaki, or Kyoto pottery, Ninsei whose birth name is Seiemon, was a master potter of Edo period. His artist name, Ninsei is derived from \u2018nin\u2019 of Nin na-ji temple where his kiln was built in 1647, and \u2018sei\u2019 of Seiemon. Though Ninsei fascinated the nobles of his time with his gracious and elegant ceramic for tea-ceremony, his life is veiled in mystery. A large number or his works is designted as important cultural properties. Two are national treasures: \u2018pheasant incense burner\u2019 (Ishikawa Prefectural Art Museum) and \u2018wisteria design tea-leaf jar\u2019 (MOA museum), both in overglaze enamels.\r\n\r\nOgata Kenzan (1663-1743)\r\nRelated distantly to Hon\u2019 ami Koetzu (considered as the Rimpa-school founder), Kenzan was the third son of a wealthy textile merchant, Karigane-ya and the younger brother of Ogata Korin (the great Rimpa artist). After studying pottery assiduously under Ninsei, Kenzan built his own kiln in 1699 aged 37 and thereafter took his artist name:\u2019Kenzan\u2019. He is known for his collaborative ceramic work painted by Korin and for his own creation of underglaze enamel potteres.\r\n","link":"https:\/\/kozan-makuzu.com\/archives\/en\/creative-category\/ninsei-en\/","name":"Ninsei\u30fbKenzan Style","slug":"ninsei-en","taxonomy":"artwork_category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kozan-makuzu.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork_category\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kozan-makuzu.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork_category"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kozan-makuzu.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/artwork_category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/kozan-makuzu.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork?artwork_category=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}