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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”.
