A lacquer panel with an abstract design inlaid with eggshell
7828 A lacquer panel ornamented with an organic, abstract design inlaid with eggshell against a black ground
Signed: Susumu (unknown artist)
Japan 20th century Shōwa period
“Lacquer is not mere surface decoration; it is structure itself.”
— Gonroku Matsuda (松田 権六), Living National Treasure of lacquer art
Gonroku Matsuda (1896–1987) was one of the most important figures shaping how lacquer was understood in the 1970s–80s—not as ornament, but as a material philosophy. His ideas strongly influenced both traditional and experimental urushi artists during that period.
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Donation to the British Museum, London
03.02.2026 to 04.05.2026
Gregg Baker Asian Art is very proud to have donated a major work by Hayashi Yasuo, now on display in the exhibition "Samouraï" exploring the enduring legacy of the samurai. During the Second World War, the Allies linked the myth of the samurai’s willingness to die for his lord to the kamikaze suicide pilots, named after the “divine wind” that dispersed the Mongol invasions in the 13th century. The few pilots who survived were deeply affected for the rest of their lives. Some expressed their experiences through art—sobering meditations on the fragility of life and the randomness of survival. After returning to Kyoto, Hayashi Yasuo began creating ceramic works inspired by his memories of flying at night without lights. Hayashi Yasuo (born 1928) Like a Wave, ceramic sculpture, 1985, Japan British Museum Donated by Gregg Baker Asian Art, London / Brussels
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