Monden Kogyoku
Ocean Whirlpool
2001
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Monden Kogyoku
Ocean Whirlpool
2001
Physical Qualities
Bamboo, 7 3/4 × 9 3/4 × 10 in. (19.7 × 24.8 × 25.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Given in Honor of Margaret Lucille Roulette, San Diego
Object Number
2017.430
Monden mastered many skills including harvesting, processing, splitting, dyeing, bending, weaving, and knotting bamboo to create his explosive Ocean Whirlpool. Monden's artistic name, Kogyoku, translates to "bamboo grove treasure." The name, which suggests the artist's considerable skill, was probably given to him by his teacher Kadota Niko (1907-1994), who was also his uncle.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 2017; Ryan Roulette and Robin Roulette, by inheritance from their mother; Margaret Roulette, San Diego, by purchase 2002; Tai Gallery, Santa Fe
Collection installation, "Asia. 1,000 Years of Exchange in East Asia", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
Inscribed: Signed on base in Kanji, "Kogyoku"
On View: Levy Gallery 1, Case 05/C
