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58                           Honma Kazuaki                       1930-2017             Niigata                                           59                           Honma Hideaki                1959 -                       Sado Island































































































      Hōbichiku kakehanaike Sakasama-no   Hōbichiku bamboo (Phoenix-tail   who specialized in bent bamboo   non-split stems of smoked dwarf
                                   bamboo), madake bamboo (timber   works. Kazuaki became renowned   bamboo (hōbichiku), which the artist
      Hanging flower basket        bamboo) and rattan           for his abstract, large-scale   bent over a gas burner, and thin
      called “Contrary”                                         compositions in bent bamboo,   strips of timber bamboo.                        Minomushi kakehanaire        ca. 2010-2015                Bamboo & rattan              and studied bamboo art under
                                   Honma Kazuaki, based in Niigata   which he submitted to the Japanese                                                                                                                               his uncle and adopted father
      ca. 2000-2005                Prefecture, was a disciple in the   Modern Craft and Art Exhibitions                                        Wall vase called “Cocoon     30 (h) x 30 x 9 cm           After an accident that blinded him   Honma Kazuaki. His first exhibition
                                   1950s of the Tokyo-based artist   and Nitten beginning in 1965.                                             of Bagworm Moth”                                          in one eye, Honma Hideaki resigned   in 1990 marked the beginning
      48(h) x 46 x 46 cm           Hayashi Shōgetsusai (1911–1986),   The volute was made using                                                                                                          from the Japanese Air Force    of his international career.
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