Japanese Bamboo Baskets

Japanese bamboo baskets are used in Japanese ikebana designs. Japanese bamboo baskets are used in many different schools of ikebana and in the tea ceremony. Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arrangement and the baskets used for ikebana designs are known as Hannakago. Japanese ikebana baskets are regarded as one form of bamboo art.

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Bamboo is grown easily in most climates and it is used in many countries. Bamboo can be used to make beautiful baskets, and even eco-friendly furniture. Bamboo furniture includes beds, sofas and book shelves.

Bamboo baskets which are also made to be used in the tea ceremony, or ikebana, are constructed of bamboo from different sources, including green bamboo, old arrow shafts, driftwood and smoke bamboo, taken from the rafters of old houses.

Japanese bamboo baskets were popular in Japan in the Showa, Taisho and Meiji periods. It takes decades to learn the art of working with bamboo as an artistic medium. Ikebana baskets, which can be used as ikebana containers, are available at Japanese galleries. They can also be purchased online.

Hayakawa Shokosai I made many Japanese bamboo baskets during the Meiji period in Japan. He was one of the first to sign the baskets he made. Baskets made by Hayakawa Shokosai I are even more valuable now. His family after him, followed him in the tradition, and Hayakawa Shokosai V has been named a Living National Treasure by the Japanese government.

Other famous Japanese bamboo artists include Tanabe Chikuunsai, Shono Shounsai, Yaka Hodo and Kajiwara Aya.