Japanese Tansu and Antique Furniture

Tansu is the word for chest, chest of drawers, or cupboard in Japanese. Around Meiji era 1860-1910, tansu were made for different uses and purposes such as for storing kimono and futon, for kitchen cupboard, for keeping samurai sword, and they even made chest for traveling… All the tansu are portable, movable, and functional. In different parts of Japan, they made its own style of tansu, such as Sendai Tansu, Nihonmatsu Tansu. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tansu

Wonderful Merchant Choba Tansu

Item No. 7239/10895
Material Hinoki, Sugi
Age Early Meiji 1870's
Size W 32 x D 15 1/2 x H 56"
Price $1,995

(New) Feb. 19th.

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Japanese antique Mizuya -Dansu Kitchen Storage Chest

Item No. 7074/10894
Material Cypress Box and Zelkova drawers and door front, Cedar shelves.
Age Early Meiji 1870's
Size W 71 1/2 x D 18 1/2 x H 67 1/4"
Price $4,300

(New) Feb. 18th.

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Isho Tansu Clothing Chest

Item No. 7284/10890
Material Keyaki, Kuri, Sugi, Hinoki, Kiri wood
Age Late Meiji 1890-1910
Size W 35 x D 15 x H 62 1/4"
Price SOLD, THANK YOU

(New) Feb. 18th.

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Isho Tansu Clothing Chest

Item No. 7189/10885
Material Keyaki, Kuri, Kiri, Sugi, Hinoki wood
Age Early Meiji era 1870's
Size W 35 x D 15 1/2 x H 62"
Price $1,280

(New) Feb. 17th.

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Kiri Ko Tansu Small Chest

Item No. 6981/10884
Material Paulownia kiri wood
Age Late Meiji era 1890-1910
Size W 23 1/4 x D 11 1/4 x H 18 3/4"
Price $750

(New) Feb. 17th.

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Japanese Kyodai Tansu, Make up Vanity

Item No. 7187/10883
Material Mullberry wood, Kiri wood, Cypress wood
Age Taisho era 1912-1926
Size W 20 1/2 x D 10 1/2 x H 45"
Price $495

(New) Feb. 17th.

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Ko Tansu Small Chest

Item No. 0/10882
Material Hinoki, Sugi
Age Early to mid. 1900
Size W 16 1/2 x D 13 1/2 x H 24 1/2"
Price $275

(New) Feb. 17th.

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Sewing Box Haribako

Item No. 7258/10881
Material Mullberry, Cedar , Cypress, Paulownia wood
Age Early 1900
Size W 12 1/2 x D 8 x H 10 1/2"
Price $125

(New) Feb. 17th.

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Shonai Lacquer Isho Tansu

Item No. 7248/10875
Material Kiri (Paulownia) wood
Age Meiji era 1868-1912
Size W 34 3/4 x D 18 x H 41 3/4"
Price $3,800

(New) Feb. 12th.

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Mizuya Kitchen Tansu Chest

Item No. 7285/10860
Material Kuri(Chestnut), Sugi(Cedar) and Glass Door
Age Early to Mid. 1900
Size W 34 1/2 x D 14 x H 60 3/4"
Price $995

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