Antique Japanese Meiji Era (c 1870's) Five Drawer Tansu Chest/Desk Sugi Wood 36" Maki-e 5" tall (11 x 8

5" tall (11 x 8 x 4 cm)

Total Length = 56

money and other precious items it is made throughout of solid wood (cryptomeria)

This Deba Hocho with a heavy single-sided blade used in the Japanese kitchen to prepare fish for sashimi

This is a vintage Japanese Lacquered Tea Display Box w/ Glass Front used to display tea tools in the chanoyu tea ceremony

Antique Japanese Meiji Era (c 1870's) Five Drawer Tansu Chest/Desk Sugi Wood 36" Maki-e 5" tall (11 x 8Dating to the early Meiji era c 1970's, this is a special antique Japanese five drawer scholars desk (with one more secret drawer!) made of Sugi (Japanese cedar) wood face and casing. This type of bench like tansu was known as a tsukue (desk) and held writing materials and it was a perfect size to act as a desk sitting on the tatami floor. The method of construction (wooden pin) as well as all the hand forged handles with exception of minor signs of