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Tomorrow my baby boy turns 34. Before you do the math, I need to tell you that I had him when I was 5. That's not true, of course, but I needed to say that. Just to soften the blow to my bewildered ego. How could Jimmy be in his mid-30s when just yesterday he was in diapers? In fact, it doesn't seem so long ago that my mother was in her 30s, regaling me with stories of her own childhood on Maui. Mom was born and raised in Makawao. Literally. The last of seven children born to Mitsujiro and Tomeno Shibasaki, she entered the world at their home on Baldwin Avenue, right in the middle of town. The house still stands; having changed hands a few times, it's now a clothing boutique called Goodies. Across the street, the old theater where Mom watched nickel matinees now houses Viewpoints Gallery. Komoda Store and Bakery is still up the street, with its world-famous cream puffs; back in Mom's day, the Komoda treat of choice was a warm loaf of bread, fresh from the oven and sliced open along the top, with a few pennies' worth of butter (a whole stick, I believe) and sweet guava jelly spread into the slit.
I remember begging my mother to repeat her anecdotes until I knew the details as well as she did. Her recollections of "the olden days" enchanted me, even more than my Laura Ingalls Wilder books or Grimm's Fairy Tales. I could picture Mom as a child, my personal storybook heroine. My favorite story was "Yaemi Gets Run Over By a Car."
Mom was only 5 or 6 years old, playing outdoors and across the street from her home. Called to come in, she ran across the road without bothering to look both ways, stumbled and fell to the ground, directly in the path of an oncoming car. Her baby doll was strapped to her body, Japanese style, and when she fell she landed on top of the doll. Not realizing the vehicle was approaching, aware only of the discomfort caused by the doll sandwiched between her and the road, Mom rolled onto her belly just as the jalopy passed over her, wheels on either side of her tiny body. She was completely unscathed.
My own childhood exploits weren't nearly as thrilling, but Jimmy enjoyed hearing about them anyway. To him, the 1960s were the olden days, a bygone era when children roamed freely through kiawe forests and empty streets, without fear of abduction or molestation. Of course, we all knew not to talk to strangers, but back then, there were no strangers. Everyone was Auntie or Uncle.
I think I was 5 and my cousin Mark was 4 when we started exploring our Wailuku neighborhood on our tricycles. One summer, we strung lei with the Singapore plumerias from his yard and took them up to the Bailey House to sell to the tourists. We charged 50 cents for a lei, and for another dollar, we'd personally guide the visitors through the museum. I always rushed my clients past the display cases full of ancient artifacts, preferring to linger in the upstairs bedrooms with the Hawaiian quilts and the missionary-era porcelain doll whose eyes always looked directly into mine. Today, whenever I drive up Iao Valley Road, I find it hard to believe that our chubby little legs pumped those tricycles all the way up that hill.
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I always rushed my clients past the display cases full of ancient artifacts, preferring to linger in the upstairs bedrooms with the Hawaiian quilts and the missionary-era porcelain doll whose eyes always looked directly into mine.
Earlier Japanese wares, Kutani and others, have marks that are characters. Contemporary Kutani, usually marked in English, does not have the quality of earlier work. Based on the clear images and marks provided (thanks!), Lick told us that all of the
On display are also bamboo and rattan, embroidery, porcelain and other handicraft products of 12 outstanding artisans. Sixty paintings on domestic violence selected from more than 1000 entries of Hanoi 's children were also displayed at the exhibition.
The tea set in today's question is a type of Japanese earthenware called “Satsuma.” To American collectors, this term typically refers to a light, porous, semi-porcelain ware covered with a soft cream-colored glaze. It was initially made at the turn of
A definitive set of two blue and white porcelain bowls would be a striking yet traditional addition to any collection (lot 260, $600-$800). Decorated with Buddhist emblems as well as a classic lotus motif, the bowls read, “wan shou wu jiang,” which
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Hello and thanks for your fast reply and expertise! As you can imagine the first thing I did is to google Chenghua and look for a similar mark and the ones from that period look slightly different. I will post some direct links to Photobucket pictures so you can see it better. All I can see is that is all hand painted, the glaze looks thick and porous. Also there are few brownish rusty spots under the gleze that look like defects. Could it really be that old? Here are the pictures:
Thanks in advance!
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Japanese porcelain, pale green celadon with straight neck, and two fishes forming handles. Mark in Japanese, Himeji sei, " Made at Himeji." Height 7 in. ...Catalogue of a collection of oriental porcelain and pottery lent for exhibition by A.W. Franks, Bethnal Green Branch Museum
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