Height: 17cm, Width: 12cm, Length: 12cm Gourds have a long history of cultivation in Japan, and there are many folk legends about gourds. It is said that it was a treasure used by gods to store wine and elixirs in ancient times. Naturally, it is somewhat tainted with fairy spirit, so it has always been regarded as a symbol of good luck and good luck. . Condition: Excellent All have traces of the times. Some scuffs and scratches from prolonged use. This is inevitable. From a Japanese private collection Ships with tracking number. Naoki Hara, a metal casting craftsman and advisor to Nitten, was born in Kari, Niigata Prefecture on October 26, 1906, and studied under Katori Hidema from May 1920, the same year he graduated from upper elementary school, and also studied at the drawing department at Kawabata Art School. In 1920, he enrolled in the Department of Sculpture at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, graduating in 1923. While attending art school, he was first selected for the 4th division (crafts) of the Teiten Exhibition in 1995, and from 1966 to 1988, his works ``Kokoro'', ``Gaze'', and ``Praise'' were consecutively selected for the 3rd division (plastic sculptures). Received special selection at the Shinbunten in 2018 for his ``cast copper wooden board.'' After the war, he belonged to Nitten, and was named a Nitten member in 1932 and a councilor of the New Nitten in 1944. He also served as a lecturer at the Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Education, Niigata University. His other works include the brass ``Fox'' (1950) and the ``wax-shaped tin decoration box'' (1948). His eldest son Masaki is a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts.