A SCREEN BY YAMAGISHI HISAHARU SIGNED: MADE BY HISAHARU

JAPAN C.1950

LACQUER SCREEN, THE REVERSE PAINTED WITH A WINTERY SCENE YAMAGISHI HISAHARU (BORN 1925) YAMAGISHI IS THE SON OF A LACQUER CRAFTSMAN. ENCOURAGED BY HIS FATHER TO BE A LACQUER ARTIST HE ENROLLED AT THE TOKYO SCHOOL OF ARTS AND BECAME A FREQUENT EXHIBITOR AT THE NITTEN UNTIL 1959, WHEN HE ESTABLISHED HIS OWN LACQUER COATING COMPANY. HIS APPROACH TO LACQUER HAS BEEN COMPREHENSIVE. HE HAS WRITTEN A GREAT NUMBER OF BOOKS ABOUT LACQUERING TECHNIQUE AND HAS ALSO BEEN ENGAGED IN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. YAMAGISHI TOLD US THAT HIS FATHER MADE THIS SCREEN WHICH WAS THEN DECORATED BY HIM AROUND 1950, AND IT WAS THE FATHER WHO PROUDLY PUT HIS SON'S SIGNATURE ON THIS PIECE.

3FT 1/2" H x 3FT 5 1/2"W x 11"D

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