Vintage Hokkaido Bear with Wooden Board square mashiko plate The eri in this listing

The eri in this listing is blue interwoven with gold thread and features a geometric diamond pattern

and he held three solo exhibitions

Kato Toichi (1916 – 1996) was a very highly regarded Japanese-style painter from Gifu Prefecture who studied under the great Yamaguchi Hosun

He studied Economics at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo and after graduation started a family business making glass products

Vintage Hokkaido Bear with Wooden Board square mashiko plate The eri in this listing*SHIPPING IS CURRENTLY SET FOR SAL SEA MAIL TO MOST DESTINATIONS, PLEASE SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS LISTING FOR FASTER OPTIONS. This listing is for a vintage higuma bear carving from the northern island of Hokkaido, and it was made about 50 60 years ago. The fur is wonderfully textured from where the tools have rigorously worked the surface, and its fashioned from a single piece of wood. This particular bear also comes with a wooden display board.