Antique Japanese Bamboo Flower Basket Hanakago Wisteria Branch Handle ~16"H Itomasu Diameter = 12"

Diameter = 12"

smoking kiseru became widespread

cohesive presence well suited to use in tea practice

Known as kachimushi (“victory insects”)

Antique Japanese Bamboo Flower Basket Hanakago Wisteria Branch Handle ~16"H Itomasu Diameter = 12"Antique 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