Flower Basket [60-006]

This flower basket was made of Susudake. The base was made by Tessen plaiting. The swelled body was made of vertical bamboo lines led from the base and some horizontal bamboo lines added at the middle of the body. The rim stitching was made of about 10mm thin bamboo lines attached to both outer and inner side, and they were fixed with Nemagaridake.

Flower basket of Susudake

This flower basket was made of about 4 through 10 mm Susudake by square plaiting. The basket has a change of the plaiting caused by a width of a bamboo or size of a stitch. At the rim stitching, it was stitched with about 5mm Susudake.

Flower basket of Migakinotake

• W.14.5cm(5.7″) x H.20cm(7.8″) x D.11cm(4.3″)

This flower basket was made of Migakino-take bamboo which skin chipped off the Tsurushi-no-take. The bamboo were cut about 4 or 4.5cm and bended to make the side. They were piled double for width and triple for length as the base, and stitched with split rattan lines at the corner on the base and at the some points of the body. At the rim stitching, it was set Nemagaridake to the outer and inner ground, put split bamboo lines and stitched with split rattan lines. This basket goes well with not only Tokonoma but also a hall or a living room since it has modern feelings.

Flower basket of Susudake

This flower basket was made by Nejiri-ami plaiting of Susudake. Four thin bamboo lines are joined to each corner of the bottom which was made by loose square plaiting. A quarter of the body was made roundness by Nejiri-ami plaiting and remains are narrowed down to the rim. At the rim stitching, it was stitched with split rattan lines after setting about 10mm Susudake to the inner ground and thin split bamboo lines to the outer ground. At each corner, it was stitched with split rattan lines after setting about 7 or 10mm bamboo as accent. At the back of the body, it has a hook to hang on the wall.