Page 24 - The Beauty Of Japanese Bamboo Art, An Exhibition By The Mingei Gallery

13 Matsumoto Hafū 1952 - Kanto area 14 Matsumoto Hafū 1952 - Kanto area

Hiratake hanakago Madake bamboo Matsumoto Hafū was born respect the golden rules of shin,
(timber bamboo) in Haneda, Tokyo. From 1972 on, gyō and sō (formal, semi-formal
Outsized flower basket he was one of the last two disciples and informal) that guided
Exhibited and published in “New of the great master Iizuka Shōkansai his masters. This work
Tateyama (Chiba Prefecture), ca. Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese (1919-2004), former Living National is of the sō type.
2008 Masters”, Joe Earle, Yale University Treasure, and master to perfection
Press, by the Japan Society Gallery, of the art of stripping, flattening
Hanakago Noshidake Kaki ca. 2016 Noshidake bamboo and rattan 52 (h) x 80 x 80 cm New York (2008-2009) and by the and shaping very large pieces
Clark Center for Japanese Art, of bamboo, techniques invented
Flower basket 18 (h) x 58 x 30 cm Hanford, California (2009). by the Iizuka family. His works