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01 Iizuka Rōkansai 1890-1958 Kanto area 02 Iizuka Rōkansai 1890-1958 Kanto area
Hanakago Oimatsu Hōbichiku bamboo The sixth son of basket maker Hōsai, he practiced calligraphy, studied
(Phoenix tail bamboo) Iizuka Rōkansai was born Yanosuke sinology, and composed haiku and
Flower basket called “Old Pine Tree” in Tochigi Prefecture. At the age of 12, poems, thus receiving a training in Hanakago Shiratake Bamboo (white bamboo)
Signed: Rōkansai saku he began to study the art of bamboo various artistic practices that explains
58.5 (h) x 15 x 15 cm (made by Rōkansai) basketry with his father and quickly the wide range of his creations. Flower basket Signed: Rōkansai saku
Tomobako became very skilled at it. As a student Rōkansai is considered the greatest (made by Rōkansai)
ca. 1927-1930 Mutsume-ami (hexagonal plaiting) at the Tokyo Fine Arts School, artist in the history of bamboo basketry. 28 (h) x 31 x 28 cm Awasebako, collector's box
