Six Gourds Kakejiku Hanging Scroll MAKER_Yoshio Kidoguchi the plate has been adapted

the plate has been adapted from its original size used for Japanese kappo cuisine about fifty years ago

Featuring a black base that serves as a canvas

It is an exquisite piece suitable for daily use or for entertaining guests

and flower-and-bird paintings

The attached mat is a product of the traditional local technique of Suruga wazome (Japanese dyeing)

Six Gourds Kakejiku Hanging Scroll MAKER_Yoshio Kidoguchi the plate has been adaptedThis hanging scroll was created as a wish for a healthy, thriving future. The vivid green of the gourds brings a clean, refreshing presence to a room, adding a light, uplifting tone to the space. Lush vines stretch upward and outward, bearing ripened gourds at their tips, an image that conveys vitality and steady growth. Five gourds are painted in a bold, confident arrangement, and while a sixth, smaller gourd appears beside a male blossommaking six