Folk Korean Fishing Rods

Folk Korean Fishing RodsThree Korean fishing rods (Gyeonji) made of bamboo. The short wand ending in a delicate double helix structure. An old and wonderfully simple form of reel. The rods with line attached and professionally mounted. Sold as a group.

An inscription on the stand contains the text “Kōfukuji sentaibutsu 興福寺千体仏”

Owari lord  Tokugawa Yoshinao established a kiln within the  Ofuke garden of Nagoya Castle

carved of cedar and originally brightly colored

These cones are crafted from handmade Katagami paper

During the Edo period

This anchor may have been just one of a few used by a small fishing vessel to keep it in place

A Japanese bamboo fruit basket with interwoven wisteria root inclusions and an overhead handle

and pacify desires

carved in three interlocking wooden sections

Scrolls like this were rotated through the home's tokonoma alcove with the seasons

Elegantly constructed

Japanese artists were exposed to western printmaking