A basket for flower arrangements, in the Tanabe family workshop, in Sakaishi, Japan

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'Koyadake Hana Kago'- A basket for flower arrangements made by Tanabe Chikuunsai the 1st, made from used 400 year old samurai arrows (on the left of pic), and (on right of pic) a basket called 'Sono' made by Yoshida Mino (apprentice to the Tanabe family), in the Tanabe family workshop, in Sakaishi, Japan, Saturday 27th December 2008.

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Size: 4367px × 2911px
Location: Japan
Photo credit: © jeremy sutton-hibbert / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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