Fruit Tray (Morimono-kago)

Hayakawa Shōkosai V Japanese

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This fruit tray represents a modern application of a type of parallel construction that is one of the traditional Hayakawa techniques. The origins of such fruit trays, which are used to hold arrangements of fruits and vegetables in the Japanese art of ikebana, can be traced back to harvest festivals and to ceremonial offerings of fruit set in front of Buddhist icons. Hayakawa masters typically do not apply a lacquer (urushi) finish to their baskets; instead, they submerge finished baskets in a dye bath made from plum tree bark and wood extracts.

Fruit Tray (Morimono-kago), Hayakawa Shōkosai V (Japanese, 1932–2011), Smoked timber, dwarf bamboo, and rattan, Japan

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Fruit Tray (Morimono-kago), Hayakawa Shōkosai V (Japanese, 1932–2011), Smoked timber, dwarf bamboo, and rattan, Japan
Fruit Tray (Morimono-kago), Hayakawa Shōkosai V (Japanese, 1932–2011), Smoked timber, dwarf bamboo, and rattan, Japan
Fruit Tray (Morimono-kago), Hayakawa Shōkosai V (Japanese, 1932–2011), Smoked timber, dwarf bamboo, and rattan, Japan

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