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Shochiku (?) and Ezono Koichisai (1881-1951) Two bamboo baskets, Taisho (1868-1912) or Showa (1926-1989) era, early 20th century image 1
Shochiku (?) and Ezono Koichisai (1881-1951) Two bamboo baskets, Taisho (1868-1912) or Showa (1926-1989) era, early 20th century image 2
Lot 307

Shochiku (?) and Ezono Koichisai (1881-1951)
Two bamboo baskets, Taisho (1868-1912) or Showa (1926-1989) era, early 20th century

20 March 2019, 13:00 EDT
New York

Sold for US$3,187.50 inc. premium

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Shochiku (?) and Ezono Koichisai (1881-1951)

Two bamboo baskets, Taisho (1868-1912) or Showa (1926-1989) era, early 20th century
The first a fine hanging bamboo basket in an elongated and tapered cylinder shape, woven in a twill pattern in madake bamboo and rattan, with details, including the hanging loop, in red-stained rattan, signed below the hanging loop Shochiku do; the second, woven in the form of a winnowing basket in smoked madake bamboo, with a larger structure of split bamboo supporting the underside, attached with stylized knots, signed on the underside Kanpei Taisha Fushimi Inari imidake mochite, Senshu Ezono Koichisai (Made from ritual bamboo from the Fushini Inari Imperial Shrine, Ezono Koichisai of Senshu
The second basket with a wood tomobako storage box, signed and sealed by the artist
17 7/8in (45.5cm) long, the first; 12in (30.5cm) wide, the second

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Imidake is bamboo used in Shinto rituals to demarcate boundaries of defiled and taboo spaces.

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