Yonezawa Jirō (b. 1956)Bagworm (Minomushi), 2020
Signed: Jirō
Bamboo (nemagaridake), steel, lacquer
Height: 53.0cm
Width: 25.5cm
Depth: 20.0cm
A native of Saiki, Ōita prefecture, Yonezawa Jirō’s early interests included self-sufficient agriculture and a period on a farm in Ōita, where he first encountered bamboo working. He studied at both the well-known bamboo training school and the research institute at Ōita.
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