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39 Tanabe Chikuunsai II 1910-2000 Kansai area 40 Tanabe Chikuunsai II 1910-2000 Kansai area
Karamono utsushi hirokuchi hanakago Hōbichiku bamboo Kikkō sukashi-ami suehiro hanakago Madake bamboo (timber bamboo) Kikkō-sukashi-ami is the same
(Phoenix tail bamboo) and rattan technique of hexagonal weaving
Chinese style flower basket Flower basket as mutsume-ami, but the Tanabe
with wide mouth Signed: Chikuunsai zō Signed: Chikuunsai zō family call it this because they use
(made by Chikuunsai) ca. 1944-1955 (made by Chikuunsai) extremely thin sticks of bamboo
ca. 1944-1955 Tomobako with mention of Tekisuikyo Tomobako with mention of Tekisuikyo which make the weaving
Gozame-ami (mat plaiting) 40 (h) x 19 x 19 cm Kikkō sukashi-ami as fine as lace (= sukashi).
23 (h) x 22 x 22 cm (hexagonal weaving)
