Antique Japanese Edo Era Early 1800's Gyosho Bako Peddler's Tansu Chest 28" Japanese This is a 10" x

This is a 10" x 14" giclée reproduction print of a Japanese Meiji era  ukiyo-e (woodblock print) from the series " Yoshitoshi's Courageous Warriors"  c

The origin of the Japanese term Shochikubai (松竹梅) comes from Saikan no Sanyu (歳寒三友 Three Friends of Winter)

All drawers move easily without binding

This is a vintage Japanese ceramic bowl known as a  ochakoboshi (waster water bowl) used in a Japanese sado/chado (tea ceremony)

Antique Japanese Edo Era Early 1800's Gyosho Bako Peddler's Tansu Chest 28" Japanese This is a 10" xThis tansu is around 200 year old. It's an antique Japanese gyoshobako dansu (peddler's chest) from the mid late Edo Era (c. 1820). It was used in its day to transport the tools of an itinerant craftsman from town to town. This gyoshobako tansu has a configuration of 8 interior drawers of various sizes. It is made of solid kiri (paulownia) wood. All the metal hardware is hand forged iron (some handles have been replaced during restoration). A real