𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐈 𝐁𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐎𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐙𝐄.

𝐎𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟏 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟑 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞́𝐞 𝐝𝐮 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐢 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐥𝐲 – 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜

MATSUMOTO Hafū (born 1952, Haneda)

Himiko “Mysterious Queen”

Ajiro-ami, chevron plaiting

A disciple of Iizuka Shōkansai (1919-2004), Living National Treasure, Matsumoto Hafū belongs to one of the major lineages of contemporary Japanese bamboo art.

With Himiko, he summons the shaman-queen of the Yamatai kingdom, a founding figure of ancient Japan, situated between history and legend. The madake bamboo basketry, woven in ajiro-ami and punctuated by a silk cord, becomes the setting for an antique kōro found at an antiques dealer’s. Between formal rigor, ritual presence, and the invisible breath of incense, the work transforms a functional object into a ceremonial and meditative form.