Antique Japanese Bamboo Flower Basket Hanakago Wisteria Branch Handle ~16"H Paper This style is closely associated

This style is closely associated with the Kinkōzan workshop tradition

Brass mounts top and bottom

The handle is made of a very hard durable Japanese red oak

bearing the inscription 金札 (Kinsatsu

Condition: Very good vintage condition

Antique Japanese Bamboo Flower Basket Hanakago Wisteria Branch Handle ~16"H Paper This style is closely associatedAntique Japanese Bamboo Flower Basket (, Hanakago), Wisteria Branch Handle Japan, early 20th century Approx. 16"H 10"D (41 25 cm) A sculptural ikebana flower basket (, hanakago) woven in wide, flat cut bamboo strips in a bold diagonal plaiting pattern that gives the globular body its dynamic, swirling surface. The handle is a single unworked wisteria branch bark retained, gnarled and sinuous arching high above the basket in the naturalistic wabi