LIFE CYCLES | Interviews with Tanabe Chikuunsai IV

Continuing the Lineage with Bamboo Apprentices

Bamboo artist Tanabe Chikuunsai IV, together with his four apprentices ("deshi") created a 70-feet large-scale installation using 15,000 Japanese bamboo strips. Being the fourth in a lineage of bamboo artists, Chikuunsai continues the family tradition and technique of bamboo weaving in his artworks and installations, while passing down generations of knowledge to his apprentices.

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