YOSHIMITSU SATO, Sosaku-Kokeshi, 1980 circa sculture Off-text plate of the volume

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

trasformando una semplice scena di vita militare in una raffinata meditazione sull’armonia tra uomo e natura

and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required

referring to a partition or screen

The search for materials in nature occurs slowly

YOSHIMITSU SATO, Sosaku-Kokeshi, 1980 circa sculture Off-text plate of the volumeKokeshi 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