Tsubogata hanakago (Pot-shaped flower basket) by Tanabe Chikuunsai I (1877-1937)

Signed "Chikuunsai zo kore" (This is made by Chikuunsai)

Hakogaki

Top: Kanchiku, tsubogata hanakago
(A pot-shaped flower basket, made by C. marmoreal.)

Back: Chikuunsai zo kore
(This is made by Chikuunsai)

Tanabe Chikuunsai I was the originator of an uninterrupted and still active and over a century old family lineage, and instrumental in the training of many prestigious artists in the Kansai area. He was himself a scholar in the Chinese tradition (bunjin), practicing the art of ikebana and calligraphy while studying Chinese painting and the Sencha tea ceremony.