Young Men with a Woman Teapot

Japanese ceramic sculptor Akio Takamori created work that addresses relationships and the human body depicted through everyday people, historical characters, animals, mythological figures, and unidentified lovers—as seen in Young Men with a Woman (Teapot). Takamori was very familiar with Western historical painting while also taking influence from Japanese erotic woodcuts. He combined that knowledge with an awareness of human anatomy learned during a childhood spent around his father’s medical practice.