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24                           Maeda Chikubōsai I           1872-1950                    Kansai area


































































































      Tennenchiku tetsuki hanakago  Bamboo, rattan, lacquer     Maeda Chikubōsai I was one of    which he became famous. Chikubōsai
                                                                the most important bamboo artists   held a series of one-man exhibitions
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      Flower basket with handle    Signed: Chikubōsai kore wo tsukuru   working in the first half of the 20    at the Mitsukoshi Department Store
                                   (Chikubōsai made this)       century. Late in the Taishō era (1912-  in Tokyo from 1926 until the late 1930s.
      57 (h) x 20 x 20 cm          Tomobako                     1926), he made presentation baskets on   He was pivotal in promoting individual
                                   Magaki weaving               behalf of the Imperial Household, for   expression in the bamboo arts.
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