Shirayamadani Kitarō

Place: Tokyo

Born: 1865

Death: 1948

Biography:

Shirayamadani Kitarō, a Japanese ceramics painter, was born in 1865 in Tokyo, Japan. He is also known as Kitaro Shirayamadani and worked for Rookwood Pottery in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1887 until 1948. Shirayamadani Kitarō was already an accomplished painter of porcelainware when he came to the United States.

Early Life and Career

worked in Boston for the Fujiyama porcelain decorating workshop when he first met Maria Longworth Nichols Storer, the founder of Rookwood Pottery Company, in 1886. She hired him to work for her at Rookwood in May, 1887. A vase he made won a Grand Prize at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. The vase was acquired by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1901 and is still in its collection.

Museum Collections and Legacy

His work is in many museum collections, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Mint Museum, the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In 1991, one of his pieces from 1900 sold for $198,000. Bonham's Auction House auctioned several Rookwood Pieces by Shirayamadani Kitarō in April 2010.

Artistic Style and Collaborations

decorated table lamp bases that were combined with stained glass shades made by Tiffany Studios, and one such lamp is in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. His work can be found on Shirayamadani Kitarō's page on Wikioo.org, where you can also find other notable artists such as Hasui Kawase, Frans Hals, and Ikeda Teisai.

• Notable Works: Painting by 'Hasui Kawase', Painting by 'Frans Hals', and Painting by 'Ikeda Teisai'
• Museums: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Mint Museum, and Carnegie Museum of Art
• Auction Houses: Bonham's Auction House

For more information on Shirayamadani Kitarō and his work, you can visit his page on Wikioo.org or check out the Wikipedia article about him.