The private galleries and curiosity shops of London and Paris were flooded with Japanese woodblock prints ... art form was, in retrospect, conspicuous by its absence – woven bamboo baskets.

“Japanese Bamboo Art” demonstrates how bamboo can be used ... Bowler Hat is also the first Japanese bamboo work that was signed by an artist, in this case Hayakawa Shokosai I.

are contextualized with objects and art works that encapsulate bamboo’s long-standing appeal to Japanese craftsmen. An elegant brown sliver of a tea scoop, made by the sixteenth-century tea ...

“Japanese Bamboo Art: The Abbey Collection” is devoted ... they have been displayed alongside paintings, ceramics, bronzes, kimonos and other pieces from different genres.

"Japanese Bamboo Art: The Abbey Collection" is devoted to ... they have been displayed alongside paintings, ceramics, bronzes, kimonos and other pieces from different genres.

Some of the sculptures in “Modern Twist: Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Art” at the Bowers Museum ... shapes that don’t reveal where the artist began or finished. Still others are abstractions ...

Eventually, Cotsen and his wife would assemble the greatest private collection of Japanese ... bamboo art world, mastery of technical skill is not enough,” she says. “A bamboo artist must ...

Join Asia Society for a docent-led tour of our current exhibitions Modern Twist: Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Art and Sangram Majumdar ... and educates audiences about a vibrant cultural art form.

These five masterpieces capture the very essence of the transformations that have shaped Japan's visual identity, from the 12th century to the Roaring Twenties, from the illustrated scroll to the ...

Gucci hit upon the idea of using processed Japanese bamboo for bag handles, and what is now known as the Bamboo 1947 bag was born. For this special art project, a dedicated Gucci archivist ...