Iizuka Hōchiku
Bamboo Flower Basket, Dated 1935
Antique hobichiku bamboo and rattan
Size 18½ x 10 x 9½ in. (46.5 x 25 x 24 cm)
T-4982
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Iizuka Hōchiku (1883-) was the son of Iizuka Hōsai I and the elder brother of Iizuka Rōkansai. He made this basket in a clear late Hōsai II/mid-career Rōkansai style. The...
Iizuka Hōchiku (1883-) was the son of Iizuka Hōsai I and the elder brother of Iizuka Rōkansai. He made this basket in a clear late Hōsai II/mid-career Rōkansai style. The basket is signed Hōchiku saku (Made by Hōchiku) and the original paulownia-wood tomobako storage box is inscribed Mei Chikurin hanakago (Flower Basket Named "Bamboo Grove"), signed and dated Kinoto-i Hōchiku saku (Made by Hōchiku in the kinoto-i year [1935]) and sealed Hōchiku.