A woven work of bamboo art by Suemura Shobun enclosed in the original signed wooden box.The main framework is created from a single sheath of bamboo. The nodes creating both ends of the basket have been cut down the middle and split into canes separated only by a cross weave which spreads the single cane open to form the basin. It is signed beneath, and retains the original bamboo insert. The basket is 25 x 44 x 12.5 cm (10 x 17-1/2 x 5 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Suemura Shōbun (1917-2000) was born in Osaka in 1917 and studied under Yamamoto Chikuryusai I from the age of 19.He established his own studio in 1941, taking the name Shobun. He was accepted into the Nitten National Exhibition from 1951 where he exhibited consistentlyFrom 1962 he was accepted into the Japanese Contemporary Art and Crafts exhibition (Nihon Gendai Kōgei Ten). He is held in the collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco among others.
