Hanging Hanakago Japanese Bamboo Ikebana Flower Basket

 Hanging Hanakago (flower basket).  Made by 四世 早川尚古 「Hayakawa Shokosai IV」(1902-1975).   Shōkosai IV was trained by his father, Hayakawa Shōkosai III (1864-1922), a very strict teacher who destroyed all his son’s works during his training. Shōkosai’s life was also marked by his father’s early death in 1922, which suddenly made him the official heir to the family workshop. Box Translations: 白竹掛花籃 「White bamboo Ikebana Flower Wall Basket」 末廣*籠: Suehirokago 「Suehiro-Style Basket. 末廣 (Suehiro) is a folding fan that is inserted into the obi of a black tomesode at celebratory occasions such as weddings. To gradually spread towards the end.」 Bamboo Showa Era (1926-1989) 7" x 8" x 4" (height x width x depth