[Eitaro Sato] Kokeshi Togatta style Height 9.8 in. Japanese Antique Made in 1981

Description: Description Creator: Eitaro Sato (1939~) Condition: Pre-owned- About Eitaro Sato - (The following is from Kokeshi Wiki)Born on August 13, 1939 in Togatta Shinchi, the eldest son of Shuichi and Haruyo Sato. His father Shuichi was drafted into the army in 1943 and died in 1944. Shinichi Sugano, who visited the Shuichi family during the war, probably referred to Eitaro as "a child who is too good at drawing" in his writings. His father Shuichi left for the war before Eitaro started working with wood, so Eitaro did not have the opportunity to learn the technique from Shuichi in earnest.After graduating from Togatta Junior High School in 1955, he went to the Kanto area to work for a publishing company and a dry-cleaning store, but returned to Togatta in 1958 and worked in the workshop of Mamoru Sato, a cousin of his father Shuichi, until 1960, while honing his woodworking skills. As a teenager, he worked hard to grind wood to make kokeshis in order to support his family, packed them in cardboard boxes, and took them by bus to Sendai to a famous kokeshi store there. It was a painful and frustrating experience for him.In August 1958, Jozo Morita of Osaka reported in "Osaka Kokeshi Kyoshitsu Dayori" (Osaka Kokeshi School News) that he had started making Naosuke kata. At that time, Eitaro worked at Mamoru's factory, which was equipped with a motorized wheel, because the house where he lived with his family had only a foot-pedal wheel, which his grandfather Naosuke had used. In 1960, at the age of 22, he quit Mamoru's factory and was hired by Shinzaburo Onuma's factory in Onsen-machi, where he mainly made neck swingers (new type).However, in the fall of 1961, he gave up on the wood chiseling business and moved back to Tokyo to work for NKK in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, where he continued to work for about eight years. During this period, he married Yoko, a native of Ohara, Chiba Prefecture, in 1968, and their first son Naohide was born in July 1969.In August 1969, he decided to return to his hometown after the enthusiastic persuasion of Ryosuke Mori of Tatsumi, a kokeshi doll store in Tokyo. He revived his kokeshi business and set up a house in the back of Shinchi to work on kokeshi production, becoming one of the main figures in the second postwar kokeshi boom of young kokeshi craftsmen.In 1980, he opened the traditional kokeshi doll and wooden doll store "Mokume" on the site of his parents' house (the old house where Naosuke used to live), and energetically held private exhibitions. Around 1989, he established "Tohoku Sobi" and taught color painting to artists such as Tamio Niiyama, Kenichi Kitayama, Hiroaki Hoshi, Kikuhiro Shida, Tamajiro Murakami, Akira Yoshida, and Seiichi Suzuki, transcending the boundaries between different lineages.After a six-year hiatus beginning in 1995, he has been producing 20 to 30 pieces per year, including custom-made pieces. Payment Please pay within 5 days. Shipping Shipping from Japan with Tracking Number & Insurance. We usually ship out your order within 4-6 working days after receiving your payment. International Buyers - Please Note: Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer’s responsibility. Please check with your country’s customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying. These charges are normally collected by the delivering freight (shipping) company or when you pick the item up - do not confuse them for additional shipping charges. We do not mark merchandise values below value or mark items as "gifts" - US and International government regulations prohibit such behavior.

Price: 169.33 USD

Location: Tokyo

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