TANABE CHIKU'UNSAI (1887-1937)
Fukukai, ca. 1910
Rounded oval-shaped bamboo basket with a low handle set off-center, constructed of loosely woven banded branches; signed Chiku'unsai tsukuru
With tomobako inscribed Fukukai, hanakago (Auspicious Sea, flower basket) and Kara ito ami (Chinese thread weaving), signed Tekisuikyo, Chiku'unsai tsukuru and sealed Tanabe no in and Chiku'unsai
5 1/4 x 11 1/8in (13.3 x 28.3cm)