Antique Japanese Mid Edo Era c1700's Tansu Chest Sugi 54"W Goban no chips or hairlines

no chips or hairlines

This is an antique Japanese Taisho era (c1920's) display Tansu in solid Keyaki wood with persimmon stain

This was published by Akiyama Buemon

As the ink builds up it flows down the slope into the ink stones low basin collecting there for use in writing or drawing

Antique Japanese Mid Edo Era c1700's Tansu Chest Sugi 54"W Goban no chips or hairlinesKnown as a chobadansu (document tansu chest), this chest was most likely made in the late 1700's, mid Edo Era of hinoki (cypress) face and sugi (cryptomeria) case and interiors. The choba dansu was a special chest used to store document, accounts, money and other valuables for a business enterprise. This chest has has a simple configuration of 2 pairs of sliding doors (keyaki elm panels) concealing a storage area. This tansu chest is made with pegged