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JAPANESE TANSU

JAPANESE TANSU

Our specialty at Shibui is the collection and restoration of tansu, a term given to the antique cabinetry of Japan made principally between 1860 and 1910, the bulk of the Meiji period. Straddling a line between furniture and folk art, tansu developed from the Japanese need for storage that would not clutter their small living spaces. Accordingly, most tansu are portable chests made to be kept in storage lofts or kuras (fireproof storehouses). A dramatic combination of utility and beauty, each piece carries a unique history. Its careful construction conveys the region of origin, intended use, its owner's status, wealth, and often profession. From samurai sword chests to merchants' sea chests, from inventory chests to kimono chests, from mizuya (kitchen tansu) to cha-do (tea tansu), tansu dominated Japanese furniture design until western influences swept Japan at the beginning of the 20th Century.

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Lacquered Cha Dansu with Maki-e Landscape Japanese Antique Furniture Cabinet
Lacquered Cha Dansu with Maki-e Landscape Japanese Antique Tea Tansu
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Lacquered Cha Dansu with Maki-e Landscape Japanese Antique Tea Tansu
$6,800.00
Large Shinto Shrine Japanese Altar
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Large Shinto Shrine Japanese Altar
$9,000.00
Tobacco Bon Japanese Antique Decor
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Tobacco Bon Japanese Antique Decor
$950.00
Antique Tansu: japanese hangai clothing chest
Hangai - Two Section Ships Clothing Chest Japanese Antique Tansu Iron Hardware
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Hangai - Two Section Ships Clothing Chest Japanese Antique Tansu Iron Hardware
$20,880.00
Front side of antique japanese sea chest (a kind of tansu) displaying ornate iron hardware. From the Edo period.
Handle and lockplate of antique japanese sea chest tansu from the Edo period.
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Japanese Antique Sea Captain's Chest
$22,500.00
Japanese Antique Furniture Sea Chest from Sado Island
Japanese Antique Furniture Sea Chest from Sado Island
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Japanese Antique Furniture Sea Chest from Sado Island
$22,500.00
Naga Hibachi Japanese Antique Brazier Table
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Naga Hibachi Japanese Antique Brazier Table
$2,500.00
Kuruma Dansu - Large Rolling Merchant Tansu Chest
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Kuruma Dansu - Large Rolling Merchant Tansu Chest
$12,500.00
right side of brown box with lid and lock
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Japanese Antique Money Cabinet Safe Zeni Bako
$425.00
Merchant's Chest Japanese Antique Furniture Storage
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Merchant's Chest Japanese Antique Furniture Storage
$2,500.00
Vintage Japanese peddler's tansu
Antique Gyosho Bako | Japanese Peddler's Box
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Antique Gyosho Bako | Japanese Peddler's Box
$3,200.00
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