Ray Morimura - 都陶芸家の家 (The House of a Kyoto Ceramic Artist)

A fabulous print by Ray Morimura: 京都陶芸家の家 (The House of a Kyoto Ceramic Artist). Presented as a cutaway view, the Kyoto home and studio of Kawai Kanjirō opens to reveal rooms filled with ceramics, shelves, chests, tools & domestic furnishings. Workshop and living spaces unfold across several levels, with a small cat curled up quietly in the bottom-right corner. A fascinating portrait of a home where everyday life and artistic practice were closely connected. 🏺🐈

• Year & Edition: 2004 · Edition of 60 (44/60). Signed, titled & dated in pencil.
  
• Medium: Woodblock.
  
• Dimensions: Sheet W: 42.75 cm × H: 58.75 cm. Image W: 29.75 cm × H: 44.50 cm.
  
• Condition: Mint.
  
• Notes: Depicts the Kyoto home and studio of celebrated ceramic artist Kawai Kanjirō (河井寬次郎, 1890-1966). Designed by Kawai and completed in 1937, the building combined his family residence with workshops and a climbing kiln. Its rooms remain filled with ceramics, furniture, wood carvings & objects created or collected by the artist, and the property is now preserved as the Kawai Kanjirō Memorial Museum. Morimura presents the interior as a stylised cutaway, bringing together the domestic rooms, workshop spaces and objects that shaped Kawai’s everyday life.