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Armor-Plaited Jar Flower Basket (Hanakago)

Kadota Nikō Japanese
1980s
Not on view
On the island of Kyūshū, Iwao Kōunsai (1901–1992), an influential bamboo craftsman known for his high-quality flower baskets, established a lineage that includes Kadota Nikō. Kadota moved to Beppu to learn bamboo craft and became one of Kōunsai’s disciples. This flower basket was created with the armor plaiting (yoroi-gumi) characteristic of Kyūshū bamboo craft.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 門田二篁造　鎧組壺花籃
  • Title: Armor-Plaited Jar Flower Basket (Hanakago)
  • Artist: Kadota Nikō (Japanese, 1907–1994)
  • Period: Shōwa period (1926–89)
  • Date: 1980s
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Smoked timber bamboo, timber bamboo, and rattan
  • Dimensions: 15 1/2 × 14 1/2 × 13 1/4 in. (39.4 × 36.8 × 33.7 cm)
  • Classification: Bamboo
  • Credit Line: Gift of Diane Abbey, 2019
  • Object Number: 2019.425.19a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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