Page 44 - The Beauty Of Japanese Bamboo Art, An Exhibition By The Mingei Gallery

31 Tanabe Chikuunsai I 1877-1937 Kansai area 32 Tanabe Chikuunsai II 1910-2000 Kansai area

Tsubo-gata tetsuki hanakago Madake bamboo (timber bamboo) Born in Sakai City (Osaka), of intricate openwork hexagonal
Karamono utsushi suehiro hanakago Madake bamboo (timber bamboo), Chikuunsai II studied from an early plaiting known as uroko-ami
susudake bamboo (smoked bamboo), Bamboo flower basket with jar- Signed: Chikuunsai zō age under his father Chikuunsai I. (fish-scale plaiting).
Chinese style flower basket and rattan shaped handle (made by Chikuunsai) In 1937, he succeeded to the family
Tomobako with the mention name and began to exhibit both *Tekisuikyo is the name of the place
ca. 1920 Signed: Chikuunsai zō kore ca. 1944-1955 of Tekisuikyo * in Japan and abroad. In 1954, where Chikuunsai II lived before
(Chikuunsai made this) Gozame-ami (mat plaiting) he returned to Sakai following the Second World War, and then again
43 (h) x 24 x 24 cm Tomobako 28 (h) x 29 x 29 cm the wartime evacuation of the area. after the evacuation that took place
Suehiro-ami weaving He is admired especially for his style between 1944 and 1955.