Japanese Choba Dansu - Late Meiji Era Trays Dimensions: Width 106 x Depth

Dimensions: Width 106 x Depth 26 x Height 152 cm

Designed with three small arched recesses

or other household provisions

This piece is showing some signs of wear in main area

87 x 60 x 65 (wxdxh cms)

Japanese Choba Dansu - Late Meiji Era Trays Dimensions: Width 106 x DepthThis Japanese tansu chest is a choba dansu (or cho dansu) merchant chest dates from the late Meiji era (1868 1912). Cho dansu were used by merchants in shops for storing ledgers, money, and seals. The style of this tansu chest suggests it came from further north, nearer to Sakata. This piece has one long drawer at the top and six additional smaller drawers (two behind a lockable box). Two sliding doors conceal a large interior space with a single