Yonezawa Jirō (b. 1956)Ladybug (red) (Tentou-mushi), 2021
Signed: Jirō
Bamboo (nemagaridake), copper, copper pipe, lacquer
Height: 16.5cm
Width: 11.7cm
Depth: 11.7cm
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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