Flower basket Niō
(Hanakago Niō 花籠仁王)
(2015)
Medium
bamboo
Measurements
70.0 × 52.0 × 51.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Baillieu Myer AC and Sarah Myer, 2015
© Yufu Shohaku
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Yufu Shohaku is one Japan’s most respected senior bamboo artists. His monumental works combine a wide variety of parts from the bamboo plant, including giant stems, sturdy straps, thinly sliced strips and gnarly roots. Flower basket Niō features a flower basket with the authoritative presence of a fierce Buddhist temple guardian (Niō), and can be interpreted as a preserver of the rustic qualities of Japan’s bamboo-crafting past.
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