Antique Japanese Edo Era c1850's Clothing Tansu Chest Kiri Wood 34.5" Sake 5"H x 13"W

5"H x 13"W

This is made from porcelain and mounted to a dark hardwood base

In beautiful cobalt blue glaze it has chrysanthemum flowers in bloom as well as bamboo and foliage

Inset side handles aided in moving this chest even when hot coals burned inside

This is a hand forged tansu key from the early 1800s of the mid Edo period (c

Antique Japanese Edo Era c1850's Clothing Tansu Chest Kiri Wood 34.5" Sake 5"H x 13"WThis is an antique Japanese kimono chest or Ishodansu finished in a rich chocolate brown. This chest was made in the late Edo era (c. 1850's) of all kiri wood (paulownia). Ishodansu were used to store precious kimono, obi and accessories. This tansu has two main drawers with another three inside the safe. Behind one of those three drawers is a secret compartment for the most valuable of possessions. This tansu is made with pegged tenon open mortise