Antique Japanese Meiji Era (c1890’s) Kiri Kodansu Personal Tansu 6 Drawer 25"W Roundel polished to a smooth sheen

polished to a smooth sheen that enhances its refined simplicity

The lidded top section was used for the storage and use of suzuri (ink stone) with brushes

5 cm) and remains very good condition

the surface shifting between matte and lustrous as the light moves — a quality that plain-dyed silk cannot replicate and that places this piece in the tradition of the most elaborate Showa formal textile production

Period: Shōwa

Antique Japanese Meiji Era (c1890’s) Kiri Kodansu Personal Tansu 6 Drawer 25"W Roundel polished to a smooth sheenThis is an antique Japanese Meiji era (1868 1912) kodansu (personal chest). Used for storing documents, money and other precious items it is made throughout of solid Kiri wood (paulownia) front and case. Kodansu chest were a special piece used to store one's most valued items. There are four lock plates but the locks have over time become inoperable and no key is necessary and no risk of getting locked out. Height = 21. 5" Width = 25 Depth = 13" This