Basket Woven from Japanese Bamboo / Wabi-Sabi Bamboo Object

It is a bamboo basket made around the Taisho era to the early Showa era (1912-1950) in Japan. This is a tool used by Japanese farmers and was carried ...

A wooden bowl made around the Meiji and Taisho eras (1868-1910) in Japan. It weighs 2.2 kg. Wood is a wood called "sen" in Japanese, which has a grain similar to zelkova. In Engli...

This is a tree root, a natural wood object. We Japanese have a culture of displaying natural wood for ornamental purposes since ancient times. This natural wood object is old and mag...

This is unglazed pottery made in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The period is from the 12th century to the 13th century. This area has been producing high-quality tableware since around ...

This is a very old and huge Japanese copper bowl. This item is from the Meiji period (1900s-1940s). All are made of copper. I have never seen such a huge copper bowl. I feel Japanes...

This is an old Japanese stone object. This stone object has a beautiful black and beige gradation. An art object that gives you a sense of wabi-sabi. 6kg

A Japanese woven bamboo basket with handle from early 20th century, circa end of Meiji to Taisho period. The basket was constructed in the form o...

Japanese woven bamboo Ikebana flower basket Early 20th century. Of globular shape with flaring rim, rising from a square base with four...

An elegant hand-woven ikebana flower backet by Japanese bamboo artist Kosuge Kogetsu (1932-) circa 1970-80s. This basket is in the classic form derived from Chinese flower basket...

Unique piece from Japan Beautifully handcrafted bamboo basket with intricate weaving technique and lovely shape. Simple and elegant. A handmade quality piece - built for function, d...

What can we say about this bowl? Perhaps we can start by describing the unique Japanese aesthetic concept of "Wabi-Sabi". In contrast to the western concept of beauty that is centere...

A large and impressive Japanese basket in the form of a morikago by Maeda Chikubosai I (1872-1950) circa first half of the 20th century. Chikubosai I was from the Kansai Region and active in Sakai, Osaka prefecture. He was instructed by Wada Waichisai I, (1851-1901). Morikago is a shallow open basket with handle. It was traditionally used to display fruits, sometimes flowers, during Sencha tea ceremony. In contrast to Chanoyu, Sencha ceremony uses loose green tea leaves instead of tea powder. The placement of loose fruits in the basket meant that the pattern of the bottom, which is often elaborate, was meant to be visible. This morikago was beautifully constructed with bent bamboo frame and twill plaits for the body. The bottom of the basket features a double diamond pattern achieved with a variation of plover plait. The bifurcated handles was bundle-plated with a rather free spirit approach. They show a poetic suggestion of movement, as if the bamboos were still swaying in the wind. The basket has a copper insert that fits perfectly and it is quite possibly the original. The basket is signed on the base "Chikubosai". The style of the signature shows that it was made by Maeda Chikubosai I. For another Morikago basket by Maeda Chikubosai I, see page 79 of "Masters of Bamboo" by Rinne. For the study of the signature of Chikubosai I "Baskets Master Pieces of Japanese Bamboo Art...