TANABE CHIKUUNSAI II (1910–2000) Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1950–1990 'Miyajima' flower basket, susudake (smoked timber bamboo), rattan, lacquer; angled mat plaiting; diagonal plaiting; asanoha hexagonal plaiting (base), twining, bending, wrapping; facetted and lacquered bamboo otoshi (water holder), signed on the base Chikuunsai tsukuru (Made by Chikuunsai); with a wood tomobako storage box titled and signed Miyajimakago hana-ire Tekisuikyo Chikuunsai tsukuru (Miyajima Flower Container, made by Tekisuikyo Chikuunsai). 24.2cm (9½in) high. (3). 注脚 Within the Tanabe Chikuunsai lineage, the term Miyajima seems to refer to baskets with splayed rims; more generally it describes a larger group of wide-mouthed baskets favoured by Rokurokusai, eleventh leader of the Omote Senke tea lineage (1837-1910).