Born 1941, Inbe, Bizen, Japan
Bizen artist HARADA SHŪROKU creates work of a bold and stirring nature. After researching old Bizen kiln sites with his teacher, Harada became a master of the Bizen technique, focusing on sake flasks. Typically left unglazed, Harada’s ceramics reveal the vivid color, texture, and essence of the original clay.
Selected Public Collections:
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Brooklyn Museum, NY
Higashi-Hiroshima City Museum of Art, Hiroshima, Japan
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan
New Orleans of Museum of Art, LA
Nirasaki Ōmura Museum of Art, Yamanashi, Japan
Worcester Art Museum, MA
Bizen multi-legged low stand
2009
Unglazed stoneware with hidasuki (red-cord markings) effect
8 x 11 1/4 x 22 1/4 in.
Inv# 6460
SOLD
Large Bizen-ware vessel with diagonally carved twisting surface
2009
Stoneware
8 1/4 x 11 7/16 x 11 7/16 in.
Inv# 6130
SOLD
Large leaf-shaped Bizen-ware platter with curled edges and dynamically molded 'veins'
2006
Stoneware
7 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 14 in.
Inv# 5335
Large Bizen-ware vessel with diagonally knife-carved twisting surface and in-set taiko-ishi (special stones from Kyoto)
2006
14 3/4 x 16 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.
Inv# 4799
SOLD
Bizen-ware water jar with natural ash glaze
1998
Glazed stoneware
8 1/2 x 9 x 7 1/2 in.
Inv# 2JM01306
SOLD
