OKUNO YOSHINORI: A FINE WAJIMA LACQUER ‘PAULOWNIA LEAVES’ FUBUKI (SNOWSTORM) NATSUME (TEA CADDY)

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OKUNO YOSHINORI: A FINE WAJIMA LACQUER ‘PAULOWNIA LEAVES’ FUBUKI (SNOWSTORM) NATSUME (TEA CADDY) By Okuno Yoshinori (b. 1953), signed and sealed to the tomobako Japan, late 20th to early 21st century, LATE Showa (1926-1989) to Heisei period (1989-2019) Of typical form with chamfered top and bottom edges, with a flush-fitting cover bearing a lustrous roiro ground, intricately decorated with gold and silver takamaki-e, and inlaid with pewter and mother-of-pearl, to depict a dense array of paulownia (kiri) leaves and leafy branches extending across the surface of the caddy. The interior of the case finished in radiant nashiji, as is the base of the natsume, with rims highlighted in gold fundame. HEIGHT 7.4 cm, DIAMETER 7.3 cm With a black wood storage box, containing the original tomobako, inscribed by the artist: Odori kiri makie, fubuki, Yoshinori, with seal Yoshinori 踊桐蒔絵、雪吹、良範 [the scattered paulownia leaves design, the Fubuki shape, Yoshinori] with seal Yoshinori 良範 Okuno Yoshinori (b. 1953, Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture) is a distinguished Japanese lacquer artist specializing in the ancestral tradition of Wajima lacquerware. He studied under Kita Kiyoshi beginning in 1970 and became an independent artist in 1975. Throughout his career, he has been recognized with awards at the Wajima City Museum exhibitions and honored by the Wajima City Lacquer Sample Cooperative Group. The shape of this natsume is conventionally designated Fubuki, literally ‘snowstorm’, and is distinguished by its chamfered edges at both the upper and lower sections, together with a continuous and flowing decorative scheme that renders the distinction between top and bottom barely discernible. This design is also referred to as Men-nakatsugi style, a variant highly valued by the celebrated tea master Kobori Enshu (1579–1647), whose aesthetic ideals shaped the refinement of the tea ceremony during the early Edo period under the Tokugawa shogunate.

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