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TANABE CHIKUUNSAI II (1910–2000) MAEDA CHIKUBOSAI II (1917−2003)
Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1950–1990 Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1960-1990
‘Miyajima’ flower basket, susudake (smoked timber bamboo), rattan, ‘Sunlight’ openwork bamboo flower basket, susudake (smoked timber
lacquer; angled mat plaiting; diagonal plaiting; asanoha hexagonal bamboo), rattan, lacquer; two layers of thinly split culms forming a
plaiting (base), twining, bending, wrapping; facetted and lacquered diagonal pattern but not plaited, secured with rattan to four horizontal
bamboo otoshi (water holder), signed on the base Chikuunsai tsukuru rings of bamboo; twining; chrysanthemum plaiting (base); wrapping,
(Made by Chikuunsai); with a wood tomobako storage box titled and knotting; facetted and lacquered bamboo otoshi (water holder),
signed Miyajimakago hana-ire Tekisuikyo Chikuunsai tsukuru (Miyajima signed Chikubosai kore o tsukuru (Chikubosai made this); with a wood
Flower Container, made by Tekisuikyo Chikuunsai). tomobako storage box titled and signed Yoko hanakago Chikubosai
24.2cm (9½in) high. (3). (Sunlight Flower Basket, Chikubosai) and with a seal Chikubosai.
33.5cm (13 3/16in) high. (3).
£1,500 - 2,000
JPY230,000 - 300,000 £2,500 - 3,000
US$2,000 - 2,700 JPY380,000 - 450,000
US$3,400 - 4,100
Within the Tanabe Chikuunsai lineage, the term Miyajima seems to
refer to baskets with splayed rims; more generally it describes a larger A native of Sakai City, Osaka, Chikubosai II studied under his father,
group of wide-mouthed baskets favoured by Rokurokusai, eleventh Chikubosai I, and Yamamoto Chikuryosai I (Shoen), becoming an
leader of the Omote Senke tea lineage (1837-1910). independent artist in 1941 and succeeding to the Chikubosai name in
1950. He was named a Living National Treasure in 1995.

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