Page 14 - The Beauty Of Japanese Bamboo Art, An Exhibition By The Mingei Gallery

05 Iizuka Rōkansai 1890-1958 Kanto area

Chabako Madake bamboo (timber bamboo), Exhibited and published: It is known that some celebrities
silk and Japanese paper Masterpieces of Bamboo Art in Tochigi, visited Rōkansai at Mitsukoshi
Basket for tea utensils Tochigi Prefectural Museum in Nihonbashi when he had his solo
No signature on the item of Fine Arts, 2014 exhibition there. Okuda Hōsei was one
11.6 (h) x 15 x 16.8 cm but there is one in the tomobako of them, and this basket was probably
Tessen weave The note with gold paint was made offered to him by Rōkansai. That
ca. 1927 (small hexagonal weave) on the Japanese paper on the back is why it bears the note “Rōkansai”
of the cover by Okuda Hōsei, who was with his signature inscribed secretly
a scholar and calligrapher in Nagoya. on the back of the cover.