TANABE CHIKUUNSAI II (1910-2000) Two Handled Flower Baskets Showa era (1926-1989); the first circa 1925-1937, the second circa 1937-1944 (6)TANABE CHIKUUNSAI II (1910-2000)Two Handled Flower Baskets Showa era (1926-1989); the first circa 1925-1937, the second circa 1937-1944The first madake (timber bamboo); tobi-gozame ('skipping' mat plaiting), twining, wrapping, yotsume-ami (square plaiting, base); signed Shochikuunsai kore o tsukuru (Made by Shochikuunsai [the name used by the artist until his father's death in 1937]); with a lacquered bamboo otoshi (water container) and a wood tomobako storage box titled Tsubogata hanakago, signed Shochikuunsai kore o tsukuru and sealed Shochikuunsai, 34cm (13 3/16in) high; the second madake (timber bamboo); naname gozame-ami (angled mat plaiting), graduated yotsu-ami (square plaiting), wrapping, asanoha-ami (hexagonal plaiting, base); signed Chikuunsai kore o tsukuru; with a lacquered bamboo otoshi (water container) and a wood tomobako storage box titled Miyajimakago hana-ire, signed Sakai-fu Nanso Chikuunsai kore o tsukuru (Chikuunsai of the Nansō Studio in Sakai made this), and sealed Chikuunsai, 26.4cm (10 3/8in) high. (6).The second basket is a handled example of the Miyajima form favoured by Seisai (1863-1937), twelfth master of the Urasenke tea lineage.