A crystalline white interpretation of the bamboo form by Living National Treasure Kato Kozo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shino Take Hana-ire. It is roughly 10 cm (4 inches) diameter, 22.5 cm (9 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Kato Kozo was born in 1935, and studied under the Mino Legend and Designated Living National Treasure Arakawa Toyozo. He has been widely exhibited both domestically and abroad and like his mentor Kozo was named a Living National Treasure in 2010, a tribute to a life spent reviving and defending the Mino traditions. Work by him is held in the National Museums of Modern Art, both Tokyo and Kyoto as well as the Victoria & Albert Museum among others.
