Okijiro Hironari, School of Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1802 Japanese Woodblock of Kyogen Theatre Actor with Mask Andre Dimanche bird Such a happy thing to

Such a happy thing to set at the center of the table

The form and yellow painted tin simultaneously feels quite modern

with the hand-drawn/painted designs on the lid hovering between abstraction and figuration

This was of my favorite finds from my road trip this summer

I've looked at quite a lot of treen containers and this is quite a nice example

Okijiro Hironari, School of Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1802 Japanese Woodblock of Kyogen Theatre Actor with Mask Andre Dimanche bird Such a happy thing toThe prior owner of this one did well to tape a description on reverse, identifying it as the work of Okijiro Hironari, an artist among the circle that studied under ukiyo e master Katsushika Hokusa(1760 1849, and dating the woodblock to the very beginning of the 19th century. The portrait is of a Kyogen actor Kyogen a form of traditional Japanese comic theatre (a bit like commedia dell'arte) that developed alongside Noh theater and was performed as an