Basket with wood handle, late 19th-early 20th century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Bamboo and woodexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.564
Not on Viewexpand_more
The Japanese have a long tradition of basket weaving. The earliest extant examples of Japanese baskets date to the 700s and were used at the time in Buddhist rituals to make offerings. Chinese baskets began to be imported in the 1100s, and later became highly coveted as the shoguns and cultural elites began to collect them to use in Japanese tea ceremonies.
Bamboo grows abundantly in Japan, and is suitable for weaving because of its strength and pliability. The basketmaker crisscrossed the bamboo strips in a technique called irregular plaiting (midare-ami) to create the circular body of the basket. The wooden handle accentuates the basket’s rusticity, a quality that was appreciated by tea practitioners.
Details
- Title
- Basket with wood handle
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.564
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 845
- Curator Approved
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