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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.
