Ando Jubei

Ando Jubei (1876–1956)^[2] was a Japanese cloisonné artist from Nagoya.^[3][4][5] Along with Hayashi Kodenji, he dominated Nagoya's enameling industry in the late Meiji era.^[6] Ando, Namikawa Yasuyuki, and Namikawa Sōsuke are considered the three artists whose technical innovations brought in the "Golden Age for Japanese cloisonné" in the late 19th century.^[7]

Decanter-Shaped Vase with Dragonfly, circa 1915, cloisonné enamel on silver, Walters Art Museum^[1]

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.^[8] He exhibited at the Japan–British Exhibition of 1910.^[9]

Pair of presentation vases with the Imperial Household symbol, Khalili Collection of Japanese Art

His work is held in the collections of the Walters Art Museum,^[1] the Ashmolean Museum^[10] and in the Khalili Collection of Japanese Art.^[11]

The Ando Cloisonné Company continues his work.

See also

• Hattori Tadasaburō