Name: Japanese Tansu Chest - Showa Era
Brand: Indigo Antiques
SKU: M946
Price: 895.0 GBP
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Japanese Tansu Chest - Showa Era | Indigo Antiques

Iron Sendai style hardware and red elm veneer grain from a Japanese Tansu Chest - Showa Era | Indigo Antiques

Side view from a Japanese Tansu Chest - Showa Era | Indigo Antiques

Iron Sendai style chrysanthemum hardware and red elm veneer grain from a Japanese Tansu Chest - Showa Era | Indigo Antiques

Iron lifting handles from Taisho era Japanese tansu chest

Keyaki red elm detail from a Taisho era Japanese tansu chest

Drawer Interior Of Japanese Isho Dansu - Showa Era | Indigo Antiques

Top Detail From Japanese Isho Dansu - Showa Era | Indigo Antiques

SKU: M946 Early 20th Century, from Japan

Dimensions:: W107 x D47 x H82 cm
Quality:: Every piece restored & checked in UK

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This Showa era (1926 - 1989) Japanese tansu chest of drawers is a great and iconic piece of storage. The front is veneered red elm (keyaki wood) with Sendai style iron hardware lock plates and cast iron handles.

The shape of this tansu is unusual and was likely a custom production for a customer. Chests of this type were usually for storing clothes and were called isho dansu. The exterior is lacquered and the interior plain wood. Sendai was well reknowned for producing the best metalwork and the chrysanthemums on the lockplate were the emblem of the Imperial family. They're a symbol of longevity, rejuvenation and royalty.

Despite being a later production from the 20th century, this tansu is undoubtedly of superior craftsmanship to the majority of Western furniture produced in the last 100 years and a work of art in its own right.

This chest is supplied with a working key.

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