Centaur

During the first quarter of the 20th century, Saitō Bishū’s grandfather founded a production group of carvers that was continued by Bishū’s father, who once employed more than forty carvers. Bishū himself learned carving from his father when he was 17, and at a young age he began reproducing antique netsuke (small carved toggles used to fasten objects to a kimono sash). His modern carvings are very imaginative and innovative, bordering on the abstract. He created this selection in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Scheda

Nella stessa sala · G219, Minneapolis Institute of Art

In catalogo

Fonti

Three Swans

Up in a Tree

Bat

Swan

Dutchman, one of the Southern Barbarians

Under the Holy Mountain

Plovers, Rocks, and Waves, first half 19th century

Under the Holy Mountain, 1988

Giving Birth (Large Brown Cicada), 1979

Dutchman, one of the Southern Barbarians, 1979

Swan, 1973

Three Swans, 1970s–80s

Up in a Tree, 1970s–80s

Dragon and Tiger in Tempest [right of a pair], early 19th century