四代早川尚古斎造 　提梁花籃|Flower Basket (Hanakago)

Hayakawa Shōkosai IV

mid-20th century · Smoked dwarf bamboo · Asian Art

After World War II, the Hayakawa bamboo master Shōkosai IV moved from Osaka to Kyoto, where he established the new family workshop. He closely followed many of the examples made by his father, as in this coarse-weave flower basket made of smoked dwarf bamboo (hōbichiku) salvaged from demolished farmhouses, many of which were hundreds of years old. The rich brown color of the recovered dwarf bamboo is the result of long-term exposure to hearth or kitchen fires.

Artist

Hayakawa Shōkosai IV

Date

mid-20th century

Medium

Smoked dwarf bamboo

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Diane and Arthur Abbey, 2019