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Japanese Antique Two Section Mizuya Kitchen Tansu
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Pre 1900 item# 760668 (stock#D223)
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Antique Japanese sectional kitchen tansu chest, or mizuya dansu. Meiji-Period (c.1890), 61 1/4 inches tall, 46" wide and 17" deep (bottom section, 28" tall; top section, 31 1/4"). Thoroughly restored, good to excellent overall condition, with beautiful patina. Upper door panels and drawer fronts accented with beautifully grained keyaki hardwood. Middle sliding doors originally featured wire mesh, which was badly corroded. Panels can be replaced with new mesh, glass, wood, or ...click for details
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Antique Japanese Tansu Glass Door Display Case
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Pre 1900 item# 760617 (stock#C173)
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Beautifully restored antique Japanese tansu glass display cabinet. This chest dates to the mid Meiji-Period (c.1880) and has been thoroughly cleaned and waxed with a warm reddish brown beeswax to restore the original luster to the wood. Constructed entirely of finely grained hinoki and sugi, subspecies of cypress indigenous to Japan, this tansu features fine craftsmanship and mortise and tenon joinery. The case consists of two sections, as is common with high quality tansu, and is in a configura ...click for details
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Japanese Antique Shiga Mizuya Tansu Chest Sideboard
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Pre 1900 item# 757378 (stock#D32)
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Antique Japanese tansu chest, mid Meiji-Period (c.1890). Lower section of a mizuya dansu, or kitchen chest. Case and frame crafted from hinoki (cypress) and sugi (Japanese cedar), drawer fronts fashioned from beautifully figured keyaki (zelkova), an exotic Japanese hardwood. Classic Shiga style in good overall condition, thoroughly cleaned and waxed to enhance the stately deep patina. The smaller doors with the decorative cut-outs (right side) have been fitted with glass panels to replace the co ...click for details
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Antique Japanese Choba Dansu Merchant Tansu Chest
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Pre 1900 item# 751196 (stock#D129)
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213.814.8677
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Meiji-Period (c. 1900) Japanese merchant tansu chest, or choba-dansu. This tansu is finely crafted from hinoki and sugi, subspecies of cypress indigenous to Japan, and has been thoroughly cleaned and waxed to restore the lustrous patina. The inside shelf behind the sliding doors has various ink stains, mementos of its former working life. The cast iron handles and locks are in good condition; the locking mechanism of the hinged door slides freely, allowing it to be used without inadvertently ...click for details
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Vintage Japanese Koto Traditional Stringed Instrument
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Pre 1950 item# 744525 (stock#DK1)
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Vintage koto, a a traditional Japanese stringed instrument. Koto are hollow body, and fashioned from beautifully grained kiri, or paulownia wood, prized among Japanese craftsmen for its strength and workability. This instrument measures 75 1/2 inches long, and has 13 strings which stretch across movable bridges. The item dates to the mid Showa-Period (c.1950), and is in very good condition, with no visible splitting along the joints of the body, as is common with koto of this vintage. The is ...click for details
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