Tanabe Chikuunsai IV (b. 1973)13. Juzan (Mountain of Longevity), 2018
Signed: Made by Chikuunsai
Madake bamboo, rattan, staining and lacquer; free-style plaiting, knotting, natural bamboo-root handle
Height: 21.2cm
Width: 42.6cm
Depth: 42.6cm
Box inscription: Tennenchiku Juzan (natural bamboo, Mountain of Longevity); Heisei sanjūnen yondai Chikuunsai (Chikuunsai IV, 2018); Seal: Chikuunsai
Tanabe Chikuunsai IV is the fourth generation of an illustrious family of bamboo masters from Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. Following a degree in sculpture at the Tokyo University of the Arts, he began an apprenticeship under his father, the renowned bamboo master, Tanabe Chikuunsai III (1940 - 2014) and he himself assumed the title of Tanabe Chikuunsai IV in 2017.
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