Wooden Flower Vase

These flower vases were sculpted from individual pieces of high-quality Japanese zelkova wood using age-old woodturning traditions from the Yamanaka area of Ishikawa Prefecture. These vases belong to the MUSUBI series designed by Konno Hiromichi, who was inspired by a poem written by Matsuo Bashō. The concept of the series is the immutability of nature and life and the shape of the vases represents one of the five elements of nature based on Japanese Buddhist thought; earth, water, fire, wind and space.

Size: H12 cm x Ø7.8 cm

Chūbu

The central Chūbu region is predominantly mountainous, home to the rugged Japan Alps with coasts on both the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean. The region's history has been shaped by its strategic position between the great cities of Kyoto and Tokyo with Nagoya at its heart. Niigata lies to the north while Mt Fuji can be found in the south in Shizuoka Prefecture.