{"id":637,"date":"2009-06-03T21:40:49","date_gmt":"2009-06-04T04:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2009\/06\/mutsuo_yanagihara_-_forgotten\/"},"modified":"2009-06-03T21:40:49","modified_gmt":"2009-06-04T04:40:49","slug":"mutsuo_yanagihara_-_forgotten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2009\/06\/mutsuo_yanagihara_-_forgotten.html","title":{"rendered":"Mutsuo Yanagihara &#8211; forgotten art history in Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another accidental exhibit at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattleartresource.com\/nw_pottery\/pottery_yanagihara.htm\">Seattle artRESOURCE<\/a>: 7 ceramic sculptures by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ULdEDPxLTU4\">Mutsuo Yanagihara<\/a>, dating from 1966-67, when he taught at the University of Washington. By the time I was writing about art in Seattle, more than a decade later, his name didn&#8217;t come up in a local context. I hadn&#8217;t realized he lived in Seattle for a year and was featured in an exhibit at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.henryart.org\/exhibitions\/past\/693\/1967\">Henry Gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The opportunity to see in Seattle a sample of his early work is invaluable. (Click images to enlarge.)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/06\/mutsuoyanagihara3-7435.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/06\/mutsuoyanagihara3-7435.html','popup','width=319,height=570,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/06\/mutsuoyanagihara3-thumb-250x446-7435.jpg\" alt=\"mutsuoyanagihara3.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"250\" height=\"446\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/06\/yanagiharasnake-7438.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/06\/yanagiharasnake-7438.html','popup','width=335,height=649,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/06\/yanagiharasnake-thumb-250x484-7438.jpg\" alt=\"yanagiharasnake.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"250\" height=\"484\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/06\/mutusoyanagihara-7441.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/06\/mutusoyanagihara-7441.html','popup','width=507,height=418,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/06\/mutusoyanagihara-thumb-400x329-7441.jpg\" alt=\"mutusoyanagihara.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"400\" height=\"329\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another accidental exhibit at Seattle artRESOURCE: 7 ceramic sculptures by Mutsuo Yanagihara, dating from 1966-67, when he taught at the University of Washington. By the time I was writing about art in Seattle, more than a decade later, his name didn&#8217;t come up in a local context. I hadn&#8217;t realized he lived in Seattle for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}