Box for Accessories (Take sashi-ami katami)
This box for accessories demonstrates Iizuka Shōkansai’s take on his father’s embroidered-plaiting (take sashi-ami) technique. Meticulously plaited and embellished with geometric designs, it was made just as Shōkansai was transitioning from the Nitten world to that of the Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition; he debuted at the latter in 1974 and won the prestigious Ministry of Education award for a similar box. The work on view here was probably made in preparation for its award-winning twin.
Artwork Details
- 飯塚小玕斎造 茭菱紋竹刺編筐籃
- Title: Box for Accessories (Take sashi-ami katami)
- Artist: Iizuka Shōkansai (Japanese, 1919–2004)
- Period: Shōwa period (1926–89)
- Date: ca. 1972–73
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Timber bamboo, rattan, and lacquer
- Dimensions: H. 12 × W. 10 × D. 3 in. (30.5 × 25.4 × 7.6 cm)
- Classification: Bamboo
- Credit Line: Gift of Diane Abbey, 2019
- Object Number: 2019.425.17a, b
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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