ながれもん三度笠（流政之作）

　流政之（一九二三～　）は彫刻家、作庭家。香川県庵治にアトリエを持つ。ニューヨークのワールド・トレードセンタービル中庭の「雲の砦」、日本ＩＢＭビル・ロビーの「のぼり」など、国内外に印象的なモニュメントを制作。意識的に石の割肌を残す技法など用いた、ユニークかつ土俗的な作品が多い。
　都市や自然の環境に応じたスケールの大きな作品が多いが、この作品も等身大以上に感じられる強さを持つ。風に向かいつつ、笠ごしに前方をあおぐ旅人のような姿は、作者自身に見えなくもない。

Nagare Masayuki (b. 1923) is a sculptor and garden designer. His studio is located in Aji, Kagawa prefecture. His Cloud Fortress in the central garden of the World Trade Center, New York, and his Nobori in the lobby of IBM Japan's headquarters are two of the many impressive monumental works in collections both in Japan and abroad. His intentional use of the rough, splintered surface of stone are found in many of his unique, folk‐art like works.

The majority of his works are of a scale suited to their urban or natural environments, and this work has a power that seems to expand past human scale. This sculpture looks like the form of a traveler with their straw hats turned toward the wind, indeed of the artist himself.