OKABE KEIZO ( 1912 – )

KEIZO WAS BORN IN 1912 IN KAGAWA PREFECTURE ON THE ISLAND OF SHIKOKU AND STUDIED THE ART OF LACQUER CARVING UNDER THE IMPORTANTARTIST OTOMARU KODO (LATER DESIGNATED A LIVING NATIONAL TREASURE).
HE WAS AWARDED AT THE JAPAN ART ACADEMY IN 1938 AND ACCEPTED INTO THE NITON IN 1942, GARNERING SEVERAL PRIZES THERE OVER THE COMING YEARS.
IN 1957 HE WOULD BE ACCEPTED INTO THE NATIONAL TRADITIONAL CRAFTS EXHIBITION.

PERIOD – SHOWA 1940

DIM. CM.21,5 X 13,5 X H.14