YABU MEIZAN (1853-1934)

FINE ET RARE COUPE EN FAÏENCE DE SATSUMA JAPON, PERIODE MEIJI, FIN DU XIXE SIECLE, SIGNEE Decoree en emaux polychromes et or en deux registres sur le pourtour, une procession de daymio en partie superieure, un tapis floral en partie inferieure, l'interieur orne d'une nuee de papillons sous une guirlande de fleurs. Marque sigillaire or au dessous. Tomobako en bois joint. Les processions sont de tradition au Japon. De 1635 a 1862, le daymio et ses proches devaient se rendre a Tokyo (Edo) une fois l'an afin de temoigner allegeance au shogun Tokugawa. Les processions et festivals furent des sujets populaires pour les fabricants de Satsuma. De fait, les multiples personnages et costumes etaient autant d'elements exotiques apprecies de la clientele europeenne. Yabu Meizan excellait dans la representation de ces corteges et compta parmi les rares artistes connus de leur vivant au Japon et en dehors. FINE AND RARE BUTTERFLY SATSUMA CUP JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY, SIGNED Adorned in polychrome and gilt enamels with two layered stripes on the outer, the upper one painted with a continuous daimyo procession, the lower one covered all over with flowers; the inner also painted with two stripes, the upper with hanging flower garlands, the lower with a magnificent and finely detailed butterfly swarm. Signed on the base. Together with a wood tomobako. Processions are traditional in Japan. Indeed, from 1635 until 1862, the daimyo of and his clos family had to make the journey to Edo to pay their respects to the Tokugawa shogun. Processions and festivals were often depicted by Satsuma makers. Indeed, they showed many aspects of Japan, rituals, symbols and characters, which caught the interest of European collectors. Yabu Meizan excelled in depicting these scenes with numerous characters and was one of the few artists know in Japan and worldwide during his lifetime. Source: LAWRENCE, Louis. Satsuma The Romance of Japan. Morven Gray / Meiji Satsuma Publications: California,