Page 16 - The Beauty Of Japanese Bamboo Art, An Exhibition By The Mingei Gallery

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Hanakago Kakusō Crane’s nest (鶴巣) is pronounced the idea of becoming a painter with various materials. But the call
“tsuru no su” and also “kakusō”, following the death of his older brother of the traditional bamboo craft was
Flower basket called “Crane’s Nest” which is a symbol of longevity, the Mikio, and began to study the art stronger than these autonomous
nurturing love of parents, fidelity, of bamboo under the strict authority creative impulses, and after four years
27 (h) x 40 x 39.5 cm and the prosperity of the family line. of his father. He was awarded a prize of absence, he returned to the “Nihon
Hanakago Tsuru-musubi Susudake bamboo (smoked bamboo) * “Tsuru-musubi musubi wo tsuru Shōkansai played a word game here in 1948 at the Nitten exhibition where Dento Kogei Ten” (Traditional Arts and
no kake musubi” with two words: tsuru for “vine” Madake bamboo (timber bamboo) Iizuka Shigetoshi, the second son of his works were exhibited twenty Crafts Exhibition) and received the
Flower basket * Signed: Shōkansai saku and “crane”, kake for “word game” and nemagaridake (Sasa kurilensis) Rōkansai, graduated from the painting times. He took the name Shōkansai Minister of Education’s Award in 1974.
(made by Shōkansai) Tsuru means means both “vine” and “tie”. Signed: Shōkansai saku department of the Fine Arts School the next year, which had previously In 1982, at the age of 63, Shōkansai
38 (h) x 20 x 18.5 cm Mutsume weave (hexagonal stitch) and “crane”. Musubi means “bow”. (made by Sōkansai) in Tokyo in 1942, and was mobilized been that of his deceased brother. His became the second bamboo artist
The horizontal weave is doubled. Kake means “fasten” or “tie” but Tomobako during the Second World War. works became resolutely modern and to be named a Living National
Tomobako also means a play on words. On his return, in 1946, he abandoned showed a willingness to experiment Treasure (Ningen Kokuhō).