Kazari - Japanese Furniture - Edo - Meiji - Tansu

The development of Japanese furniture grew out of the early use of simple lidded boxes or woven baskets for the storage of kimono and personal possessions. more...

Selected pieces of Kazari Tansu were featured on COLLECTORS on ABC TV 7th November. Filmed entirely at Kazari Decorator and Kazari Collector.

View video here and learn more about the history and designs

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KC 1

Cho-dansu an excellent example of a lacquered cho-dansu - cypress wood exterior and paulownia interior. In totally original condition with a urushi lacquer finish, fine colour and patina

Meiji period, late C19th

104 x 95 x 49cm 3' 5" x 3' 5½" x 1' 7¼" [H x W x D]

detail inside sliding doors detail of doors and drawers lower right

KC 3 HH97

Chodansu

Fine quality Japanese choba-dansu made from cypress and paulownia woods with a concealed 'secret' drawer. Made for a Kyoto-Osaka merchant, the thick drawers made from paulownia wood indicate the very best quality

Meiji period c1890

100 cm high x 97cm wide x 42cm deep

click on images below to see details - small drawers and door bottom right

KC 4

Choba-dansu shop storage chest for documents with a concealed 'secret drawer' for valuables. Made entirely of paulownia wood with elaborate metal hardware from Kyushu Island. A rare and unusual example

Late Edo period early C19th

103cm high x 80cm wide x 43cm deep

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KC RFF180

Tansu

Unusual Japanese paulownia wood chest displaying fine metalwork and colour with iron locks in the shape of money pouches, particularly unusual because of the 2 cash drawers.

The square metal handles indicate a late Edo period example c 1840

89cm high x 85cm wide x 41 cm deep

RKK7

Tansu

Paulownia wood chest-on-chest with iron hardware.

Meiji Late C19th 103 x 96 x 45

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KC 8

Choba-dansu

Fine quality choba-dansu made entirely of paulownia wood with silver hardware, from Kyoto area

Taisho - early Showa period c. 1920 - 1930

89cm high x 71cm wide x 40.5 cm deep

KK 4

Kuruma-dansu

A rare example with hidden wheels and rings for ropes; contemporary in design, this chest is a late C18th quality merchants shop storage chest for accounts and receipts, made to Japanese taste from Fukui area.

57cm wide x 83cm deep x 57cm high

KD REE 24

Choba-dansu

merchants shop storage chest. A rare example of high quality, made from zelkova and cypress woods with a concealed 'secret drawer' for valuables. Late C19th

103cm high x 91cm wide x 43cm deep

SOLD

interior view

KD 1

Small Choba-dansu

merchants shop storage chest made from paulownia and cedar woods

Meiji period, late C19th

67cm high x 73cm wide x 30cm deep

KC RJJ 393

Small Choba-dansu

Japanese lacquered paulownia wood chest of seven drawers with iron hardware

Edo period c1840

60cm high x 45cm wide x 33cm deep

KD 2

Choba-dansu

merchants shop storage chest made from cypress and cedar woods

Meiji period, late C19th

73cm high x 74cm wide x 36.5cm deep

KD RJJ 356

Tansu

Japanese paulownia wood chest on chest with iron and copper hardware

Late Meiji period c 1900

102cm high x 95cm wide x 41 cm deep

SOLD

KC 6

Cho dansu

An exceptional piece of fine proportions and configuration of drawers with good copper metalwork with a lift out panel on the left side for storage of books and a concealed cash drawer on the right side. Made from paulownia wood, this was made for the Kyoto area

102cm high x 133 wide x 54 cm deep

KC11

Multi-purpose storage cabinet, custom made from fine quality zelkova (keyaki) wood: matched TAMAMOKU grain panels in the upper sliding doors. Fine urushi lacquer finish which just gets better with age. Bought 20 years ago and in a private collection until now. Unprocurable from the present Japanese market.

Meiji period c.1900

KK 6

Kura dansu

Japanese kura (storehouse) chest made from hinoke (cypress) wood. Traditionally used for storing household goods out of season. From a Japanese KURA or storehouse. C18th

100 x 182 x 67cm 3' 3½" x 6' x 2' 2½" [H x W x D]

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SOLD

[similar piece in stock - photo up soon 7/7/2008]

KC 10

Choba-dansu

2 piece cabinet with drawers and cupboard space from Gifu prefecture -cypress and cedar woods with iron hardware and a cash drawer on the lower right side. Sculptural ribbing on 3 sides

Early C20th - late Meiji or early Taisho period

KC12

Mingei-dansu (folk art) lacquered cypress and cedar wood kitchen cabinet

Edo period C1850

170 x 100 x 45cm 5' 7" x 3' 3½" x 1' 5¾" [H x W x D]

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KD RJJ1

Mingei dansu

Exceptional Japanese folk art storage chest made from lacquered cypress, lined with paulownia wood with iron hardware.

C18th Edo period

103 x 121 x 48cm 3' 4½" x 4' x 1' 7" [H x W x D]

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KD9

Mingei dansu

Japanese folk art storage chest - zelkova hardwood frame with cypress and cedar panelling.

C18th Edo period

103 x 136 x 56 cm [H x W x D]

KC13

Rare scholar's chest

Made with a cypress case and a lacquered paulownia interior, from Shiga prefecture

Edo period C1800

48 x 60 x 39cm 1' 7" x 1' 11½" x 1' 3½" [H x W x D]

KC 14

Choba-dansu

Unique and rare Japanese merchants chest cedar and paulownia woods, with an unusual locking mechanism with provision for writing implements, paper and merchant accounts

Late Edo early C19th

63 x 52 x 36cm 2' ¾" x 1' 8½" x 1' 2" [H x W x D