Property of various owners WADA WAICHISAI II (1877-1933)A Long-Handled Bamboo Basket Showa era (1926-1989) circa 1930 The conical basket woven in madake and rattan with mat plaiting, twining, wrapping and knotting, with a cylindrical lacquered bamboo otoshi (water container), signed on the base Waichisai zō With a wood tomobako storage box inscribed on the cover Teiryo hanakago, mei Seiōbo (Handled flower basket named Seiōbo), signed on the interior Nishisetsu fūu jōshi Waichisai (Waichisai, in the moody wind and rain of western Settsu [southeast Hyogo Prefecture]) and sealed Waichisai 26 1/4in (66.6cm) high None