A VASE BY NOBUTA YO SIGNED: YO

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A BRONZE VASE INLAID IN NUNOME ZOGAN (SEE BELOW) WITH GOLD AND SILVER NOBUTA YO (1902 - 1992) NOBUTA ROKUHEI, WHOSE ARTIST NAME IS YO WAS BORN IN TOKYO. IN 1917 HE ENTERED THE TOKYO PREFECTURE CRAFTS SCHOOL WHERE HE MET HIS MASTER OF MANY YEARS, KITAHARA SENROKU. FROM 1923 HE JOINED KITAHARA'S ARTISTIC GROUP KOROKAI, AND HE BECAME ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE INNOVATIVE ARTISTS GROUP KOJINSHA WHICH WAS FORMED AROUND KITAHARA IN 1927. HE GRADUATED FROM THE TOKYO SCHOOL OF ARTS IN 1928. HIS WORK WAS EXHIBITED AT THE TEITEN IN 1930, AND HE WAS HONOURED WITH THE TOKUSEN PRIZE IN 1934. AFTER THE WAR HE FLOURISHED AT THE NITTEN. SERVING AS A JUDGE MANY TIMES HE BECAME AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE NITTEN IN 1978. NUNOME ZOGAN: CROSS-HATCHED CHANNELS ARE CUT TO CREATE A TOOTHED SURFACE WHICH CAN THEN RECEIVE A SOFTER METAL (USUALLY GOLD OR SILVER) WHICH IS HAMMERED ONTO THE SURFACE

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