Tansu & Chest - Yi Chung Nong Chest - 01

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Tansu refers to the traditional mobile storage cabinetry used in Edo period Japan. Tansu was first recorded in the Genroku era of the Edo Period (1688–1704). Tansu were used for the storage of food and the carrying of firewood. During the time period in which tansu gradually became a feature of Japanese culture and daily life, 1657–1923, both hard and softwoods were used by tansu craftsmen, often in practical combination for a single chest. Woods commonly used in tansu included Keyaki, Kuri, Ezo matsu, Sugi, Kiri and Hinoki.

• Choba-dansu: Used by merchants on the choba area of a shop to store account books.
• Kusuri-dansu: Apothecary chests with many small drawers to contain medicinal herbs.
• Katana-dansu: Boxes with several long drawers for the storage of sword blades.
• Kaidan-dansu: Step chests, often of modular construction with drawers and sliding doors.
• Nagamochi Kuruma-dansu: Coffers on wheels, the oldest documented examples of mobile cabinetry.
• Ryobiraki Kasane-dansu: Chest on chest tansu were used for storage of women's clothing.
• Sendai Isho-dansu: Used primarily for out of season clothing storage.
• Yonezawa Isho-dansu: A chest on chest style for clothing storage.
• Kyoto Isho-dansu: Kyoto style, known for a sophisticated opaque lacquering technique.
• Saado Shima-dansu: To store clothing of merchant families, with unique early 20th century.
• Sakai Choba-dansu: The merchant chest to store books, maps and valuables.
• Hikone Mizuya-dansu: Kitchen chests both of a single and chest on chest configuration.
• Kuruma Choba-dansu: Chests on wheels, the symbol for merchants Japan in the Meiji period.
• Kakesuzuri: A seals and money chest with a single hinged door used by sea men.
• Hangai: A clothing chest with a single drop-fit door.
• Cho-bako: A chest for accounting and writing related materials.
• Tokonoma: Also toko, referring to a built-in recessed space in a Japanese room.

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