Shion Boxwood Obidome 'Akkamui' Flying Squirrel

A Hokkaido flying squirrel caught mid-glide, carved in boxwood by netsuke artist Shion.

Akkamui is the name used for the Ezo momonga, the small flying squirrel of Hokkaido. The gallery describes the piece as capturing a single instant of the animal in flight, with a strong individual character, and notes that the carving is carried through to the reverse as well. Shion works in boxwood, the classic netsuke wood, here combined with hego (tree-fern) wood. Made as an obidome for a kimono obi cord, it is equally striking as a small carving for display.

Details

• Artist: Shion (紫苑)
• Title: アッカムイ (Akkamui, Ezo flying squirrel)
• Form: obidome
• Materials: boxwood, hego (tree fern)
• Size: H 3.1 × W 3.8 × thickness 1.0 cm
• Box: none stated by the gallery; shipped in protective packaging
• Condition: new, from the gallery

Watch: netsuke, art that sits in the palm

A Japan Foundation film on netsuke and the carvers who make these miniature sculptures. (A general craft video — not this piece or maker.)

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