Live Auction 7316The Japanese Aesthetic
Higashihata Shinsaku (1913-1978)
Lot 133

Higashihata Shinsaku (1913-1978)

Closed7 November 2012

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GBP 9,375

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Higashihata Shinsaku (1913-1978)
The tall tapering lacquer vase decorated in red and black lacquer with deep waves curving upwards around the vase, signed in red lacquer to the base Shinsaku, fitted wood box titled and signed Shinsaku and sealed
46cm. high

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Higashihata Shinsaku was born in Mie Prefecture and moved to Kyoto aged twelve to study under Oji Suetsugu and Inazuka Yoshira, maki-e lacquerers. He entered the Kyoto City School of Arts and Crafts and entered works in the Bunten and Teiten in 1935 and 1936. In 1955 he won the Mayor's Prize at the Kyoto City Exhibition. He received two major prizes at the Nitten in 1960 and 1965.