Suruga Morikago
This finely-woven bamboo basket is an example of Suruga Take Sensuji Zaiku, a traditional craft of the Suruga region in Shizuoka Prefecture. The technique utilizes a great many extremely thin bamboo strips (the word Sensuji means "one thousand lines"), and dates back to the Edo period. It was used to make all sorts of objects, from tiny cricket cages to bait holders for falconry.
This type of shallow bamboo basket is called a morikago in Japan. Morikago are commonly used to hold fruit, flowers, or other small, beautiful objects. They are also used during the classical tea ceremony, for the same purpose. In the Vintage Craft section of our website!
This finely-woven bamboo basket is an example of Suruga Take Sensuji Zaiku, a traditional craft of the Suruga region in Shizuoka Prefecture. The technique utilizes a great many extremely thin bamboo strips (the word Sensuji means "one thousand lines"), and dates back to the Edo period. It was used to make all sorts of objects, from tiny cricket cages to bait holders for falconry.
This type of shallow bamboo basket is called a morikago in Japan. Morikago are commonly used to hold fruit, flowers, or other small, beautiful objects. They are also used during the classical tea ceremony, for the same purpose. In the Vintage Craft section of our website!
This finely-woven bamboo basket is an example of Suruga Take Sensuji Zaiku, a traditional craft of the Suruga region in Shizuoka Prefecture. The technique utilizes a great many extremely thin bamboo strips (the word Sensuji means "one thousand lines"), and dates back to the Edo period. It was used to make all sorts of objects, from tiny cricket cages to bait holders for falconry.
This type of shallow bamboo basket is called a morikago in Japan. Morikago are commonly used to hold fruit, flowers, or other small, beautiful objects. They are also used during the classical tea ceremony, for the same purpose. In the Vintage Craft section of our website!