Flower Basket (Hanakago)
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.
Artwork Details
- 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