TANABE CHIKUUNSAI II (1910-2000) BAMBOO HANGING LOWER BASKET, SHOWA PERIOD OR HEISEI PERIOD, SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY 昭和或平成 二代田辺竹雲斎 竹編籠花入 共箱 madake (timber bamboo); tobi-gozame-ami ('skipping' mat plaiting), twining, wrapping, fitted with a bamboo hanging loop; signed Chikuunsai tsukuru; with lacquered bamboo otoshi (water container) and a wood tomobako storage box titled Seigaiha kakehanakago ('Blue Ocean Waves' hanging flower basket), signed Tekisuikyo Chikuunsai tsukuru, and sealed Denri no in and Chikuunsai (16.5cm high) Qty: (1) Provenance: Private collection, London; acquired from of Ura Art Museum Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan Note: Tanabe Chikuunsai II, son of Tanabe Chikuunsai I (1877-1937), was the second artist of the Tanabe dynasty to bear the name of Chikuunsai which means "Bamboo Cloud". He was famous for his Chinese-style baskets, sometimes called bunjin kago (the scholar basket). In 1952 he received the Tokusen Prize and the Asakura at the Nitten's 8th Exhibition; in 1959 he won the Osaka Prefecture Arts Prize; and in 1981 the Japanese government promoted him to 4th place in Zuiho.