初代早川尚古斎造　唐物花籃 |Large Karamono-Style Flower Basket (Hanakago)

Hayakawa Shōkosai I

ca. 1870s–80s · Timber bamboo and rattan · Asian Art

Shōkosai is believed to be the first master basket craftsman to sign his name to his compositions. This would also have verified that his Chinese-inspired (karamono) works were made by a Japanese individual. He concentrated mainly on tea utensils, reflecting the needs of participants in the period’s thriving sencha tea culture. Of the varied bamboo works Moore collected, most were made in the Osaka-Kyoto region around 1870–90, in the Chinese style, and relate to the sencha tea tradition or ikebana flower arranging.

Artist

Hayakawa Shōkosai I

Date

ca. 1870s–80s

Medium

Timber bamboo and rattan

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891