YOSHIMITSU SATO, Sosaku-Kokeshi, 1980 circa sculture The search for materials in

The search for materials in nature occurs slowly

emphasizing the sense of vastness of Musashi and the poetic elegance of the scene

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

and to be a sign that will be spoken against

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

YOSHIMITSU SATO, Sosaku-Kokeshi, 1980 circa sculture The search for materials inKokeshi 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