Ippodo Gallery is pleased to announce that Zelkova Freshwater Container (Mizusashi) by Jihei Murase has been gifted to The Metropolitan Museum of Art for their permanent collection.
Jihei Murase is the third-generation woodcraft and lacquer master with the Jihei name. He performs every stage of production himself; selecting the wood, turning the bases on the wheel, and applying the natural urushi lacquer. Murase continues the family’s close relationship, dating as early as the Edo Period, with the tea tradition through research into ceremonial utensils, and a unique Negoro-style that is ideally suited to the twenty-first century.
December 7, 2022
