Signed on the base Chikuunsai tsukuru (Made by Chikuunsai) Comes with a fitted wood tomobako storage box inscribed Hōryō hōbichiku hanakago (Abundant Catch Flower Basket Made from Hōbichiku Bamboo); signed...
Signed on the base Chikuunsai tsukuru (Made by Chikuunsai)
Comes with a fitted wood tomobako storage box inscribed Hōryō hōbichiku hanakago (Abundant Catch Flower Basket Made from Hōbichiku Bamboo); signed Tekisuikyo Chikuunsai kore o tsukuru (Tekisuikyo Chikuunsai made this); seals Denri no in (Seal of Denri), Chikuunsai
Hōbichiku (“Phoenix-tail bamboo”) refers to any variety of nemagaridake (Sasa kurilensis or other dwarf bamboo) that has darkened from decades of exposure to smoke from a wood-burning hearth