YOSHIMITSU SATO, Sosaku-Kokeshi, 1980 circa sculture Sam Francis

Sam Francis

emphasizing the sense of vastness of Musashi and the poetic elegance of the scene

la palla si trasforma in una luna piena che sorge dalla sacra montagna

Off-text plate of the volume of The Memoirs of Casanova by Italo Calvino

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YOSHIMITSU SATO, Sosaku-Kokeshi, 1980 circa sculture Sam FrancisKokeshi doll made of Japanese cornel wood. Yoshimitsu Sato (Miyagi Prefecture, 1938) belongs to a famous lineage of craftsmen and learned the art from his father, Master Sato Den of the Yajirou style school. Yajirou is the center of one of the oldest traditional schools in Japan. His works blend the classic structure of Yajirou with a modern taste, standing out especially in the use of color contrasts. The Art of Kokeshi () Kokeshi are wooden dolls