Godai: Tanabe Chikuunsai IV and Tadayuki Minamoto
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (703 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 887439781X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorShinya Maezaki is an associate professor at Kyoto Women’s University. . Tadayuki Minamoto is a celebrated Japanese photographer
. Tadayuki Minamoto is a celebrated Japanese photographer. Shinya Maezaki is an associate professor at Kyoto Women’s University
The work, Godai, was composed of 8,000 small pieces of bamboo; it represented a world where the five elements, or godai, that make up the world (wind, water, earth, void, and fire) intertwine. Widely praised and collected, Tanabe’s works are in the collections of major museums worldwide. 1973), the fourth generation of a prestigious family of kagoshi (master bamboo craftsmen). Like other great works of bamboo, or wicker, Godai was dismantled at the end of the exhibition, and the same bamboo will be used for new installations. Over 19 feet high and nearly as wide, this astonishing piece was created by Japanese artist Tanabe Shochiku, now known as Tanabe Chikuunsai IV (b. . In late 2016, a monumental installation, made wholly of bamboo, was installed in the Musée Guimet in Paris to great acclaim