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45                           Tanabe Chikuunsai III        1940-2014                    Kansai area                                       46                           Suemura Shōbun               1917-2000                    Kansai area































































































      Hōun hanakago                Madake bamboo (timber bamboo)   The son of Chikuunsai II, Chikuunsai
                                   and rattan                   III studied under his father                                                   Gyorin-gumi rengi hanakago   Madake bamboo (timber bamboo)   Born in Osaka, Suemura Shōbun
      Flower basket called “Rich Cloud”                         and two of his father’s students.                                                                           and rattan                   studied under Yamamoto
                                   Signed: Chikuunsai zō        He graduated with a degree in design                                           Flower basket called “Rengi”                              Chikuryōsai I beginning in 1936.
      ca. 2000-2005                (made by Chikuunsai)         from Masashino Art University.                                                                              Signed: Shōbun zō            He started independent work in 1941
                                   Awasebako certified by Chikuunsai                                                                           ca. 1980                     (made by Shōbun)             and began to show his work
      10.5 (h) x 41.5 x 41.5 cm    IV (Shouchiku III)                                                                                                                       Tomobako                     at the Nitten exhibitions in 1951.
                                   Gozame-ami (mat plaiting)                                                                                   37 (h) x 12 x 12 cm          Gyorin-gumi (fish scale pattern)
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