Shinto Priest (Hafuriko)
ArtistAssociated with
Yabunouchi Chukusui Kyukyusai
(Japanese, 1840 - 1917)
Place of OriginJapan
Dateapprox. 1900-1917
CultureJapanese
MaterialsBamboo (madake variety); twill plaiting
DimensionsH. 10 1/4 in x W. 10 in x D. 2 3/4 in, H. 26 cm x W. 25.4 cm x D. 7 cm
Credit LineLloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection
Object number2006.3.736
DepartmentJapanese Art
ClassificationsDecorative Arts
On View
Not on viewInscribedInk inscriptions on tomobako box lid exterior: "Karamono utsushi hanaike" (Copy of a Chinese flower basket); lid interior: "Fujusai Chikushin 'Hafuriko' to iu" ([Yabunouchi] Fujusai Chikushin [1678-1745] calls this "Shinto Priest.") "Chikusui [kao]" (Signature and kao of Yabunouchi Chikusui Kyukyusai,1840-1917).
More Information藪内竹翠紹智（休々斎）共箱 「唐物写花生祝子」
In the 1800s and 1900s, bamboo artists in the area around Osaka excelled in making copies of intricate Chinese baskets, which were prized by practitioners of the Way of Tea and intellectuals. The box of this hanging flower basket is inscribed by Yabunouchi Chikusui Kyukyusai (1840–1917), grand master of the Yabunouchi school of Tea. He writes that this is a copy of a Chinese basket that was entitled "Shinto Priest" by Yabunouchi Fujusai Chikushin (1678–1745), an earlier grand master of the same Tea lineage.
approx. 1900-1950
approx. 1950-1980
