Japanese Choba Dansu - Taisho Era Finish - Red Lacquer Double: 220 x 260cm

Double: 220 x 260cm

stands apart from the many modern mango wood reproductions currently on the market

Better quality cabinets were made from Elm as this one is

58 x 28 x 28 (wxdxh cms)

outer frame 144 x 208cms - 181cms wide at top of frame

Japanese Choba Dansu - Taisho Era Finish - Red Lacquer Double: 220 x 260cmThis Japanese choba dansu (or cho dansu) merchant chest dates from the Taish Era (1912 1926) and is made in the Osaka style. Cho dansu were used by merchants in shops for storing ledgers, money, and seals. Osaka & Kyoto were the centers of production for unconventional tansu like this one. This tansu is constructed with mpuru (maple wood acer amoenum) door & drawer fronts with a sugi (cryptomeria) frame. The drawers inside the lockbox are kiri