Basket for Transporting Sencha Tea-Ceremony Utensils (Chakago or Teiran)

ca. 1877–80s

Not on view

Hayakawa Shōkosai I appears to have been the first craftsman of baskets to sign his compositions, partly to indicate that his Chinese-style (karamono) pieces had actually been made by a Japanese master. Shōkosai’s works were largely utensils for use in the period’s thriving culture around sencha. In 1877, one of his lidded baskets—intended, like the example on view, for transporting a tea set—received the Phoenix Prize at the First Domestic Industrial Exposition.

Artwork Details

初代早川尚古斎造　茶籃（提藍）
Title: Basket for Transporting Sencha Tea-Ceremony Utensils (Chakago or Teiran)
Artist: Hayakawa Shōkosai I (Japanese, 1815–1897)
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Date: ca. 1877–80s
Culture: Japan
Medium: Rattan and brocaded silk
Dimensions: H. 12 3/16 in. (31 cm); W. 12 5/8 in. (32 cm); D. 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm)
Classification: Bamboo
Credit Line: Gift of Diane and Arthur Abbey, 2019
Object Number: 2019.424.4a–c
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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