Evie Eysenburg Ephemera
RARE TRADE CARD of JAPANESE PORCELAIN PAINTER YABU MEIZAN - SATSUMA WARE
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This trade card advertises the work of renowned Japanese porcelain painter Yabu Meizan of Osaka.
It features a group of highly-detailed and colorful examples of his work.
From Wikipedia:
Yabu Meizan ( 1853 – 1934) was a Japanese artist and workshop owner known for painting on porcelain. His studio produced high-end Satsuma ware, primarily for the export market. That term was originally coined for artistic painted porcelain from the Satsuma province. Eventually it expanded to include low-quality porcelain that was mass-produced for export, whereas Meizan was one of the artists who continued the tradition of high artistic quality while also successfully exporting. He is regarded as the "prince" of this medium, and today his works are sought after by collectors.
In 1880 he opened his workshop in Osaka, employing and training artists. Meizan actively marketed his work internationally as well as domestically, taking an active role in organizing the presentation of Japanese wares at world's fairs. This led to acclaim as well as sales. Meizan's works were characterized by minute decoration applied using copper plate designs. These engraved copper plates were used to print the designs on paper, which would then be cut to provide stencils for painting on vases or plates. His decorations used Chinese and Buddhist subjects until the 1890s, when he adopted more Japanese symbolism, such as fishermen or fighting samurai. He would draw from or copy popular prints by artists including Hiroshige. Over the course of his career, the designs included more and more detail.
From 1885 to 1916, Meizan displayed his art works at a number of national exhibitions and world's fairs, winning multiple medals. These included the Fourth Kyoto Exhibition of 1885 (where he won a bronze medal), the Paris exhibitions of 1889 and 1900, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904, and the London Japan-British Exhibition of 1910. For the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, Meizan was appointed as secretary of the Japan Exhibits Association, organizing the arrangement and decoration of the hall. His final international exhibition was the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915.
Advertising text on the reverse of this 2 5/8" x 4" trade card - printed on card stock and in very good condition.
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