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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.
