Antique Japanese Edo Era Early 1800's Gyosho Bako Peddler's Tansu Chest 28" Japanese All drawers move easily without

All drawers move easily without binding

5" W (108 × 34 cm)

Kakesuzuri and funadansu were used as portable accounting chests and money boxes used to carry the ship's logs and funds while sailing the Japan inland sea

This is a 10" x 14" giclée reproduction print of a Japanese Meiji era  ukiyo-e (woodblock print) from the series " Yoshitoshi's Courageous Warriors"  c

This is a unique Chinese vintage (c

Antique Japanese Edo Era Early 1800's Gyosho Bako Peddler's Tansu Chest 28" Japanese All drawers move easily withoutThis tansu is around 200 year old. It's an antique Japanese gyoshobako dansu (peddler's chest) from the mid late Edo Era (c. 1820). It was used in its day to transport the tools of an itinerant craftsman from town to town. This gyoshobako tansu has a configuration of 8 interior drawers of various sizes. It is made of solid kiri (paulownia) wood. All the metal hardware is hand forged iron (some handles have been replaced during restoration). A real