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26                           Suzuki Gengensai             1891-1950                    Kansai area

































































































      Morikago                     Madake Bamboo (timber bamboo)   We can affirm this work was made   Suzuki Gengensai worked
                                   and bamboo root              after 1923 because the artist   in Osaka and studied basketry
      Fruit basket with a natural handle                        changed his name Gengensai 元々斎    under Yamashita Kochikusai.
                                   Signed: Gengensai tsukuru    to Gengensai 玩々斎 in Taishō 12
      ca. 1923-1950                (made by Gengensai)          (1923). Both names are pronounced
                                   Modern wooden storage box    the same - Gengensai - but with
      31 (h) x 75 x 59 cm                                       different kanji characters for “Gen”.
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