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Shôkosai was likely the first bamboo artist to sign his works. He rose to prominence producing [[tea ceremony|tea]] implements; in [[1877]], one of his works, a lidded basket, was awarded the Phoenix Prize at the First [[Domestic Industrial Exposition]] in Tokyo.
Shôkosai was likely the first bamboo artist to sign his works. He rose to prominence producing [[tea ceremony|tea]] implements; in [[1877]], one of his works, a lidded basket, was awarded the Phoenix Prize at the First [[Domestic Industrial Exposition]] in Tokyo.
Two of his sons followed in his footsteps, producing bamboo works and taking on the names [[Hayakawa Shokosai II|Hayakawa Shôkosai II]] and [[Hayakawa Shokosai III|Hayakawa Shôkosai III]], establishing and continuing a [[Hayakawa school]] of bamboo art.
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