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Title:	The Marvellous Marbling of Matsui Kōsei
Date:	4/2/2022 - 9/25/2022
Address:	The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota, FL 34243
Location:	Sarasota, FL
Hours:	10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Cost/Cover:	Free - $25
Web Page:	https://www.ringling.org/events/marvellous-marbling-matsui-k ...
Contact Info:	941-359-5700

Details:

Matsui Kosei (Japanese, 1927–2003) is known for his delicately marbleized, unglazed vessels. Techniques of neriage or agateware, as these ceramics are known, were used from China’s Tang dynasty (618–907 C.E.) but have few precedents in Japan. Kosei pursued his passion for ceramics while serving as the head priest of a Buddhist temple in Ibaraki prefecture. He built a kiln on the temple grounds and studied by attempting to replicate the effects he found in prototypes from China, Korea, and Japan. At the urging of his mentor, the ceramic artist and professor Tamura Koichi (1918–1987), he specialised in neriage. In recognition for developing eight new and highly complex neriage techniques, Kosei was designated a Living National Treasure in 1995.