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Ando Jubei (1876–1956) was a Japanese
cloisonné Cloisonné () is an ancient technique for decorating metalwork objects with colored material held in place or separated by metal strips or wire, normally of gold. In recent centuries, vitreous enamel has been used, but inlays of cut gemstone ...
artist from
Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most p ...
. Along with Hayashi Kodenji, he dominated Nagoya's enameling industry in the late
Meiji era The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization ...
. Ando,
Namikawa Yasuyuki Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845–1927) — original family name Takaoka — was a Japanese ''cloisonné'' artist. His work was highly sought after in his own lifetime and is held in several collections today. He and Namikawa Sōsuke (no relation)Despite ...
, and
Namikawa Sōsuke Namikawa Sōsuke (1847–1910) was a Japanese '' cloisonné'' artist, known for innovations that developed ''cloisonné'' enamel into an artistic medium sharing many features with paintings. He and Namikawa Yasuyuki (no relation)Despite their ide ...
are considered the three artists whose technical innovations brought in the "Golden Age for Japanese cloisonné" in the late 19th century. Ando was the Meiji era's most prolific creator of ''presentation wares'': artworks that were commissioned by members of the Imperial Family for presentation to foreign dignitaries. He exhibited at the
Japan–British Exhibition The took place at White City, London in Great Britain from 14 May 1910 to 29 October 1910. It was the largest international exposition that the Empire of Japan had ever participated in and was driven by a desire of Japan to develop a more fav ...
of 1910. His work is held in the collections of the
Walters Art Museum The Walters Art Museum, located in Mount Vernon-Belvedere, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, is a public art museum founded and opened in 1934. It holds collections established during the mid-19th century. The museum's collection was amassed ...
, the Ashmolean Museum and in the
Khalili Collection of Japanese Art The Khalili Collection of Japanese Art is a private collection of decorative art from Meiji-era (1868–1912) Japan, assembled by the British-Iranian scholar, collector and philanthropist Nasser D. Khalili. Its 1,400 art works include metalwor ...
. The Ando Cloisonné Company continues his work.


See also

* Hattori Tadasaburō


References


External links


Kagedo Gallery , Ando Jubei, ''Moriage'' enamel chrysanthemum ''koro''
* http://kagedo.com/wordpress/artist/ando-jubei/ People from Nagoya 20th-century Japanese artists 1876 births 1956 deaths {{Japan-artist-stub