Echo of Rain Flower Basket (Hanakago)

2009

Not on view

Kibe Seihō, one of Honda Shōryū’s students, prefers functional vessels and employs classical plaiting techniques, albeit in the service of unexpected and innovative effects. The outer layer of Echo of Rain, for example, is made with the thousand-line technique, while the inner structure consists of a type of mat plaiting. Remarkably, Kibe began his career as a bamboo artist later in life, after working as a gas station attendant, and had no previous art education. He nonetheless mastered the traditional styles and techniques of basket making, and has nurtured a distinctive, award-winning style characterized by a quiet subtlety and complex, layered textures.

Artwork Details

岐部笙芳造　「驟雨」花籃
Title: Echo of Rain Flower Basket (Hanakago)
Artist: Kibe Seihō (Japanese, born 1951)
Period: Heisei period (1989–2019)
Date: 2009
Culture: Japan
Medium: Timber bamboo and rattan
Dimensions: H. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); D. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)
Classification: Bamboo
Credit Line: Gift of Diane and Arthur Abbey, 2019
Object Number: 2019.424.17
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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