OTOMARU KODO (1898-1997)

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A FINE AND UNUSUAL KOGO
OTOMARU KODO (1898-1997)
IN THE FORM OF A STYLISED PERSIMMON, THE COVER REPRESENTING THE CALYX, FORMED FROM A SOLID BLOCK OF LAYERS OF COLOURED AND CARVED LACQUER, WITH TOMOBAKO AND OUTER BOX
7.7CM. WIDE

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OTOMARU KODO WAS BORN IN TAKAMATSU AND STARTED STUDYING CHOSHITSU [CARVED LACQUER] IN 1915. HE EXHIBITED IN 1932 AT THE IMPERIAL ART EXHIBITIONS AND THEREAFTER REGULARLY AT THE TEITEN. IN 1995 HE WAS DECLARED A LIVING NATIONAL TREASURE [NINGEN KOKUHO].

FOR FURTHER EXAMPLES OF HIS WORK SEE THE TOKYO NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART JAPANESE LACQUER ART: MODERN MASTERPIECES, (NEW YORK AND KYOTO, 1982), PL.80-84 AND 127-129

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