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"Me no Me" (in Japanese only)
The August issue of the Japanese art magazine Me no Me was a special issue on bamboo baskets, where Norio Takeuchi, the senior curator of the Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art, and Masami Oguchi, the owner of Hanabako gallery, talk about how the art of the Japanese bamboo basket was born and how it was raised to a higher level.
Bamboo art has been established in four areas Ñ Oita Prefecture, Kansai (Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe), Tokyo, and Tochigi Prefecture. Each has its own historical background and thus its own tradition and techniques.
Also in this issue, Tanabe Chikuunsai III and his son Shochiku write about the family tradition of Chikuunsai bamboo art and the history of Sakai City, Osaka, where they are from. The city was one of the leading cultural centers for centuries, where flower arrangement, tea ceremony, and other art-related activities were practiced. Bamboo baskets needed to be "sophisticated and stylized" as they were an important element in flower arrangement and the tea ceremony even before the premodern period. Chikuunsai III and Shochiku introduce interesting stories about how Chikuunsai I and Chikuunsai II adapted the tradition of the city for their art. In addition, they introduce pieces by the students of Chikuunsai family that will not be exhibited at The Art of the Chikuunsai Family at Hanabako gallery from July 19 to August 1, 2007.
Full colored 31 photographs included.
published by Ribun Shuppan (Japanese only)
The August issue of Me no Me magazine is available at Hanabako gallery.
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