Makuzu Kōzan眞葛香山
眞葛 宮川香山

Makuzu Kōzan

1842–1916 · Kyoto · Yokohama

The definitive archive of Miyagawa Kōzan, Imperial Household Artist, and the four generations of the Makuzu kiln at Ōta, Yokohama.

From sculpture to glaze高浮彫から釉下彩へ

In 1871 the Kyoto potter Miyagawa Kōzan opened a kiln in the treaty port of Yokohama, a city without clay, kilns or craft tradition. There he invented takaukibori, high relief in which hawks, bears, crabs and blossoms seem to climb out of the vessel, and won acclaim from Philadelphia in 1876 onward.[2][6] From the 1880s he reinvented himself again as a master of Qing-inspired porcelain, underglaze colour and transmutation glazes, winning the only Japanese ceramic grand prix at Paris in 1900.[8][1]

Born
1842, Makuzugahara, Kyoto
Kiln
Ōta, Yokohama, 1871–1945
Imperial Household Artist
30 June 1896
Died
20 May 1916

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Highlights名品

蟹

Footed Bowl with Crabs, 1881

Tokyo National Museum G-105 · Important Cultural Property (2002)
Image: placeholder. Use the TNM/ColBase image under its terms, with credit.

鷹

Pair of vases with hawk, bear and cub

Christie’s New York, 14 Sep 2011 · Realised USD 74,500[13]

鳩

Vase with pigeons and cherry blossom, 1871–82

National Crafts Museum (former MOMAT Crafts Gallery)[2] · catalogue no. TBC

熊

Vase with two bears in an icy cave

Shown at the Japan–British Exhibition, 1910 · V&A[1][2]

A life in dates年譜抄

  1. 1842

    Born in Kyoto, son of Makuzu Chōzō.

  2. 1871

    Opens the Makuzu kiln at Ōta, Yokohama.

  3. 1876

    Philadelphia Centennial: high relief takes the West by storm.

  4. 1881

    Footed Bowl with Crabs.

  5. 1896

    Imperial Household Artist.

  6. 1900

    Grand prix, Paris.

  7. 1916

    Dies, 20 May.

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Sources典拠

  1. Wikipedia (English), “Makuzu Kōzan”, en.wikipedia.org, accessed 23 Oct 2026.
  2. Wikipedia (日本語)「宮川香山」, ja.wikipedia.org, accessed 23 Oct 2026.
  3. ColBase / Tokyo National Museum, G-105, colbase.nich.go.jp; e国宝 emuseum.nich.go.jp.
  4. 「没後100年 宮川香山」 Miyagawa Kozan Retrospective, Suntory Museum of Art, 24 Feb–17 Apr 2016; listing at NACT Art Commons and museum.or.jp (tour venues).
  5. Christie’s, 14 Sep 2011, lot page christies.com/lot-5470965 (catalogue note).