Antique Japanese Funadansu Ship Chest Sugi Iron Hardware Edo Period Custom Stand c1840 21"H Tea Ceremony Series: 名所江戸百景 (Meisho Edo Hyakkei

Series: 名所江戸百景 (Meisho Edo Hyakkei — One Hundred Famous Views of Edo)

and natural resistance to insects and moisture made it the wood of choice for high-quality Japanese clothing storage

Decoration: Scattered free-composition yuzen garden bouquet roundels with bokashi green halo

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The imagery of two children riding a Chinese water buffalo evokes a powerful symbol of harmony

Antique Japanese Funadansu Ship Chest Sugi Iron Hardware Edo Period Custom Stand c1840 21"H Tea Ceremony Series: 名所江戸百景 (Meisho Edo HyakkeiJapanese funadansu () ship's chest, sugi cedar with heavy iron hardware, double door front with interior drawers, on custom iron stand, late Edo period, c. 1840s Japan; late Edo period, c. 1840s; sugi (Japanese cedar) throughout; iron hardware A compact and powerfully constructed funadansu () the iron mounted ship's chest developed by Japanese merchant mariners of the Edo period to secure valuables and documents aboard vessels. Built entirely of sugi