Antique Japanese Kodansu Meiji c1890's Kiri 7 Drawer 23x16x12 Chair It is has a warm

It is has a warm tan base clay imprinted with stamps of triangular flowers with a white and gray glaze over that

Used by Kyoto area merchants during the booming years at the end of the 19th century

yet well loved

5" tall by 27" wide by 18

Antique Japanese Kodansu Meiji c1890's Kiri 7 Drawer 23x16x12 Chair It is has a warmThis is an antique Japanese tansu known as a kodansu. this tansu chest was made and used over 100 years ago years ago in the late Meiji Era (c. 1890). The kodansu was a special personal chest and was used to store everything from letter writing accessories as well as money, documents and other valuables. This tansu chest is made of kiri (paulownia) wood case and interiors. It shows great care in the construction with hardened hinoki wood peg