Yonezawa Jirō (b. 1956)Old Well (Furuido), 2021
Signed: Jirō
Bamboo (nemagaridake), rattan, vine (kazura), lacquer
Height: 36.5cm
Width: 79.5cm
Depth: 75.5cm
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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