Flower Basket (Hanakago)

1920s

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Five of Iizuka Hōsai I’s sons succeeded their father in the family trade of bamboo craft, including Iizuka Rōkansai, the name adopted by his sixth son, Yanosuke. Trained in calligraphy, painting, tea ceremony, and flower arrangement, Rōkansai became an independent artist at the age of twenty-one and quickly rose to fame, winning an award at the 1925 Paris Exposition. This flower basket exemplifies both the Iizuka family traditions and the Chinese-style (karamono) plaiting that characterizes Rōkansai’s early works.

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Exhibition History

飯塚琅玕斎造　花籃
Title: Flower Basket (Hanakago)
Artist: Iizuka Rōkansai (Japanese, 1890–1958)
Period: Shōwa period (1926–89)
Date: 1920s
Culture: Japan
Medium: Timber bamboo, rattan, and lacquer
Dimensions: 24 3/4 × 10 in. (62.9 × 25.4 cm)
Classification: Bamboo
Credit Line: Lent by Diane and Arthur Abbey
Curatorial Department: Asian Art