Search ALL sculptures and paintings Login My List - 0 Help
	Search Images   Search   About

Keyword Search History All Catalogs

Search:  General KeywordArtist KeywordSubject Keyword       Refine Search     Return to results > You are only searching: Art Inventories

More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Matthews, Kazuko Kayasuga,     Abstract -- Geometric     Ethnic -- Japanese     Emblem     Religion -- Buddhism     Allegory -- Quality     Relief     Architectural component     Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles     Sculpture

Sen Bana No Saki, (sculpture). Artist:  Matthews, Kazuko Kayasuga, 1934- , sculptor. Title:  Sen Bana No Saki, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Thousand Blossoms, (sculpture). Dates:  1981. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Painted clay. Dimensions:  Approx. 8 ft. x 20 ft. x 3 ft. 4 in. Description:  Relief sculpture of 14 family crests mounted on Honda Plaza building. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Ethnic -- Japanese Emblem Religion -- Buddhism Allegory -- Quality -- Fortune Object Type:  Relief Architectural component Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles Sculpture Owner:  Honda Plaza, 400 East Second Street, Los Angeles, California Remarks:  The project was developed as part of the One Percent for the Arts, Community Redevelopment Agency, Art in Public Places Program. The crests are used as both ornamentation and identification. The largest crest, located in the center, represents the family of the late Bob Honda, the Nisei developer of the building. The artist's own family is represented by a crest of two bamboos and an umbrella. Other crests symbolize the Little Tokyo Community Development Advisory Committee, Takei Construction, who designed the building, and Community Redevelopment Agency staff who worked on the Honda Plaza project. Good fortune and a long life are represented by the double crane; the symbol of Buddhism is depicted by the eight-section wheel to the upper right of the double crane. IAS files contain related excerpt from Michael Several's guidebook: "Little Tokyo, the Public Art of Los Angeles, Part 2," Los Angeles: Urban Art, Inc., 1994. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS CA000322   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000322 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382

About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact