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Flight

Honma Hideaki Japanese

1996

Not on view

In this tour de force of bamboo plaiting, the artist has captured the spirit of a soaring bird. This work is made of a combination of two types of bamboo: menya-dake, a type of bamboo with a subtle mottled pattern that grows on Sado Island, in Niigata Prefecture, where the artist makes his home; and nemagari-dake, a dwarf bamboo often used for basketry in Eastern Japan.

Flight, Honma Hideaki (Japanese, born 1959), Bamboo (menya-dake and nemagar-dake); twill plaiting (ajiro ami), Japan — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Flight

Artist: Honma Hideaki (Japanese, born 1959)

Period: Heisei period (1989–2019)

Date: 1996

Culture: Japan

Medium: Bamboo (menya-dake and nemagar-dake); twill plaiting (ajiro ami)

Dimensions: Overall: 32 x 17 x 8 3/4 in. (81.3 x 43.2 x 22.2 cm)

Classification: Bamboo

Credit Line: Collection of Arthur and Diane Abbey

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