Madake (timber bamboo), yadake (arrow-shaft bamboo), rattan; chrysanthemum plaiting (base); yoroi-gumi plaiting imitating Japanese armor with split bamboo culms over mat plaiting, twining, wrapping, knotting, bent bamboo handle Signed underneath...
Madake (timber bamboo), yadake (arrow-shaft bamboo), rattan; chrysanthemum plaiting (base); yoroi-gumi plaiting imitating Japanese armor with split bamboo culms over mat plaiting, twining, wrapping, knotting, bent bamboo handle
Signed underneath with incised characters: Chikuunsai tsukuru (Made by Chikuunsai)
Comes with a fitted wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside: Kifujin hanakago (Noblewoman Flower Basket); inscribed and signed inside Heisei nijūsannen Sandai Chikuunsai tsukuru (Made by Chikuunsai III in 2011); seals: Sansei (Third generation), Chikuunsai