Masters of Bamboo: Japanese Baskets and Sculpture from the Cotsen Collection

Flower basket entitled Shimmering of Heated Air, approx. 1969, by Shono Shounsai (Japanese, 1904–1974; active in Shiraki, Oita prefecture). Bamboo (madake), rattan, and copper alloy; thousand-line construction and other techniques. Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.836. Photograph by Kaz Tsuruta.

Galaxy, 2001. By Honda Syôryû (b. 1951). Kyushu: born in Kagoshima Prefecture, active in Beppu, Oita Prefecture. Bamboo (madake) and rattan. Selected techniques: openwork twining. Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.584 (B-1368). Photograph by Kaz Tsuruta.

Inside Out, 2006. By Ueno Masao (b. 1949). Kanto region: active in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture. Bamboo (madake), rattan, gold leaf. Selected techniques: Amida's halo plaiting (variant). Gift of Ueno Masao and Tai Gallery, 2006.41. Photograph by Kaz Tsuruta.

Spherical Dream, 2003, by Monden Yuichi (b. 1942, Chugoku region; active in Fukuyama, Hiroshima prefecture). Bamboo (madake), rattan, and plastic monofilament; thousand-line construction, irregular plaiting, and other techniques. Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, gift of the artist, 2006.38. Photograph by Kaz Tsuruta.

Model for Funabashi Shore Park Exhibition, dated 1999. By Kawashima Shigeo (b. 1958). Kyushu and Kanto region: born in Tokyo, trained in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, active in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. Bamboo (madake), wood, cotton string. Selected techniques: irregular plaiting and knotting. Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.508 (B-1150). Photograph by Kaz Tsuruta.