Bānādo Rīchi saikō : sutajio potarī to tōgei no gendai / Edomondo du Vāru cho ; Kaneko Kenji kanʼyaku, kaisetsu ; Suzuki Sadahiro kaisetsu ; Kitamura Hitomi, Todate Kazuko yaku = Rethinking Bernard Leach : studio pottery and contemporary ceramics / by Edmund de Waal & Kenji Kaneko
Title:
バーナード・リーチ再考 : スタジオ・ポタリーと陶芸の現代 / エドモンド・ドゥ・ヴァール著 ; 金子賢治監訳・解說 ; 鈴木禎宏解說 ; 北村仁美, 外舘和子訳 = Rethinking Bernard Leach : studio pottery and contemporary ceramics / by Edmund de Waal & Kenji Kaneko
Sutajio potarī to tōgei no gendai
スタジオ・ポタリーと陶芸の現代
Rethinking Bernard Leach : studio pottery and contemporary ceramics
2 Film reels (black-and-white silent; 2245 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Silent films
Place:
East Asia
Japan
Korea
Hong Kong
Shanghai (China)
Date:
circa 1934-1937
Scope and Contents:
Bernard Leach's film of Mashiko village pottery (1937) and his scenes of Japan, Hong Kong and Shanghai (1934-1935).
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Provenance:
Received from Marty Gross Film Production, Inc. in 1986.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Bernard Leach. Bernard Leach letter to Warren MacKenzie, 1961 Sept. 25. Warren MacKenzie letters from Bernard and Janet Leach, 1960-1966 [and undated]. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Bernard Leach. Bernard Leach to Warren MacKenzie, 1961 Sept. 25. Warren MacKenzie letters from Bernard and Janet Leach, 1960-1966 [and undated]. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Film reels (black-and-white silent; 1200 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1934-1935
Scope and Contents:
Footage, shot during Leach's travels in the Far East, includes filming in Mashiko village, Japan which documents the work of potter Shoji Hamada and ceramic painter Masu Minagawa, both central figures in Japan's Folk Craft Movement. Pottery footage includes: general overview of the Hamada compound including laborers, clay settling tanks, and kiln; Hamada at his te-rokuro (stick-turned wheel); throwing several large jars by the punch-out, coil, and throw methods; firing of the nobori-gama (multi-chambered climbing kiln); kiln in various stages of unloading; and Minagawa painting teapots. Other Japanese crafts documented include weaving, stencil dyeing, papermaking, and use of the treadle lathe to make kokeshi dolls. Scenes of Japanese life include: koi nobori (carp penants) indicating the celebration of Boy's Day, May 5th; demonstration of ninjutsu techniques; one-man puppet performances known as kuruma ningyo (cart-doll) accompanied by joruri chanters; winter travel scenes; and drummers at a village festival. Also included are various scenes in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Korea including a visit to the ancient Korean capital of Kyongju, a temple market, and the image of Buddha at Sokkuram Temple. The film MASHIKO VILLAGE POTTERY by Marty Gross was produced using this footage.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Pottery Japan ; Pottery Japanese ; Ceramics Japan ; Ceramics Japanese ; Firing (Ceramics) ; Weaving g ; Dollmaking ; Dyes and dyeing ; Papermaking ; Puppets ; Drumming ; Marketplaces ; Temples
Local Number:
HSFA 1986.6.2
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Bernard Leach films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Bernard Leach, Hamada & their circle : from the Wingfield Digby collection / Tony Birks & Cornelia Wingfield Digby ; introduction by Michael Webb ; photographs by Peter Kinnear