Taisho era (1912-1926), 1926 A handled flower basket of susudake (smoked bamboo) plaited in free-style diagonal weave overlaid with additional free-style elements, the handle boldly formed from a section of bamboo and secured on each side with elaborate rattan knotting and further passages of knotting on the sides, the otoshi (water container) a facetted and lacquered section of bamboo fitted with two pieces of bamboo to support flowers, signed underneath with incised characters Chikuunsai kore o tsukuru (Chikuunsai made this); with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed and signed Susudake basho-ami tsubogata hanakago (A pot-shaped smoked bamboo flower basket in banana-leaf plaiting); Taisho hinoe-tora chushu Sakaifu Nanso Chikuunsai kore o tsukuru (Chikuunsai of the Nanso Studio made this in Sakai in August 1926) and sealed: Chikuunsai. 56.5cm x 21.6cm x 20cm (22 1/4in x 8 1/2in x 7 7/8in). (3).