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Akari Light Sculpture
About the Design
It was a trip to Japan in the spring of 1951 that inspired artist and designer Isamu Noguchi (1904–88) to create the Akari light sculpture. Noguchi was passing through the city of Gifu, in central Japan, and observed a traditional nighttime festival in which fishermen use cormorants to help them catch fish. Each boat was equipped with a chochin lantern to light its way. Noguchi — one of the 20th century’s most inventive artists — was enraptured with the beauty of these traditional decorative lamps, which were made locally from mulberry bark and bamboo.
The artist met with Gifu’s mayor, who explained that he was seeking a way to reinvigorate his city’s lantern industry. Aiming to bring the chochin’s traditional design into the 20th century, Noguchi made multiple prototypes with an incandescent bulb in place of a candle. He named the updated lantern Akari, which means both illumination and lightness in Japanese. Noguchi debuted his Akari light sculpture at an exhibition of his work at the Museum of Modern Art in Kamakura in 1952. It caught on immediately, not only as a piece of art but also as a functional design.
Since 1951, Noguchi’s Akari lanterns have been handcrafted in Gifu. Fabricators stretch bamboo ribbing across molded wood forms, then glue washi paper — made from the bark of the mulberry tree — to the inside and outside of the resulting frame. Once the glue dries, the shape is set, and the internal wood form can be disassembled and removed. The lanterns are collapsible, a traditional feature that Noguchi insisted on keeping. They can thus be shipped flat around the world in shallow boxes or slender envelopes, and then easily unpacked and installed. This feature contributes to the sculpture’s practicality. As Noguchi was fond of saying, “All you require to start a home are a room, a tatami and Akari."
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Located in Dronten, NL
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Isamu Noguchi Akari 45A, Ozeki, 1951
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Original shade in washi & bamboo rims
Structure in black lacquered metal
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Series started in...
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Isamu Noguchi Akari 24N, Ozeki, 1951
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Isamu Noguchi Akari 30D on T Base, Ozeki, 1951
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Paris, FR
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Original shade in washi & bamboo rims.
Structure in black lacquered metal & plate base in cast iron and black ...
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Isamu Noguchi Akari 30F, Ozeki, 1951
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Paris, FR
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handmade form realized by Ozeki Company, Gifu, Japan
Series started in...
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Isamu Noguchi Akari 40xP on Single Stem Base T1, Ozeki, 1951
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Isamu Noguchi Akari 40F on Single Stem Base T1, Ozeki, 1951
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Paris, FR
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Isamu Noguchi Akari 33X on T Base, Ozeki, 1951
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Paris, FR
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Original shade in washi & bamboo rims
Structure in black lacquered metal & plate base in cast iron and black la...
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Isamu Noguchi Akari L2 on Bb3 Base, Ozeki, 1951
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Paris, FR
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Original shade in washi
Structure in black lacquered metal & pebble base in cast iron and bamboo stem
Hand-made form realized by Ozeki...
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Isamu Noguchi Pair of Akari 30F on Single Stem Base T1, Ozeki, 1951
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Paris, FR
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Original shade in washi & bamboo rims
Structure in black lacquered metal & pebble base in cast iron and black ...
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Akari 25N by Isamu Noguchi, Ozeki, 1951
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Paris, FR
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Original shade in washi & bamboo rims
Structure in black lacquered metal
Hand-made form realized by Ozeki Company, Gifu, Japan
Series started i...
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Isamu Noguchi Akari 30D, Ozeki, 1951
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Paris, FR
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Original shade in washi & bamboo rims
Structure in black lacquered metal
Hand-made form realized by Ozeki Company, Gifu, Japan
Series started i...
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By Isamu Noguchi
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Series started...
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Isamu Noguchi Akari 30F, Ozeki, 1951
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Paris, FR
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Original shade in washi & bamboo rims
Structure in black lacquered metal
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Series started i...
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Isamu Noguchi Akari 30D, Ozeki, 1951
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Paris, FR
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Series started i...
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Isamu Noguchi Akari 125F, Ozeki, 1951
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Paris, FR
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Original shade in washi & bamboo rims.
Structure in black lacquered metal.
Hand-made form realized by Ozeki Company, ...
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Chandeliers and Pendants
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Early Midcentury Isamu Noguchi Floor Lamp Produced by Ozeki & Co, Japan, 1950s
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Isamu Noguchi Akari 40F, Ozeki, 1951
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Paris, FR
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Original shade in washi & bamboo rims
Structure in black lacquered metal
Hand-made form realized by Ozeki Company, Gifu, Japan
Series started i...
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Pair of Akari V2 on Single Stem Base T2 by Isamu Noguchi, Ozeki, 1951
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Paris, FR
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Original shade in washi
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Isamu Noguchi Akari V1, Ozeki, 1951
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Paris, FR
Akari model “V1” by Isamu Noguchi.
Original shade in washi.
tie in black lacquered metal.
Handmade form realized by Ozeki Company, Gifu, Japan.
Series started in 1951.
Early mod...
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Chandeliers and Pendants
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Isamu Noguchi Akari 31N, Ozeki, 1951
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Paris, FR
Akari model “31N” by Isamu Noguchi
Light sculptural column
Original shade in washi & bamboo rims
Tie in black lacquered metal
Hand-made form rea...
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Akari 45XL by Isamu Noguchi, Ozeki, 1951
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Paris, FR
Akari model “45XL” by Isamu Noguchi.
Original shade in washi & bamboo rims
Structure in black lacquered metal
Handmade form realized by Ozeki Company, Gifu, Japan
Series started ...
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Akari 20N by Isamu Noguchi, Ozeki, 1951
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Paris, FR
Akari model “20N” by the great Isamu Noguchi.
Original shade in washi & bamboo rims.
Structure in black lacquered metal.
Hand-made form realized by ...
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Noguchi Akari Floor Lamp UF4-33N
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Isamu Noguchi Model 10A Akari Light Sculpture hand crafted by Ozeki, Japan
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Isamu Noguchi Akari UF3-XN, Ozeki, 1951
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Isamu Noguchi Akari L2, Ozeki, 1951
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Paris, FR
An Akari model "L2" by Isamu Noguchi (1904-1908)
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Isamu Noguchi Akari 45A, Ozeki, 1951
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Paris, FR
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