Kaidan Tansu Japanese Stair Chest, Japan, 19th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
This rare Kaidan Tansu is an original 19th-century Japanese stair chest from the Meiji period
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Kaidan Tansu
Japanese Antique "Staircase Chest" 'Late Edo Period-Meiji Period' /Cabinet
$800
H 22.64 in W 13.78 in D 23.63 in
Japanese Antique "Staircase Chest" 'Late Edo Period-Meiji Period' /Cabinet
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
. This was called "kaidan-tansu", and when a person went up to the second floor of the house, the stairs
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Furniture
Materials
Cedar
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Located in Pittsburgh, PA
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Stair Tansu
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This chest drawers in the form of a stairway (Kaidan Tansu) during Edo period (H208cm,W60cm
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Located in Chicago, IL
This monumental Kaidan Tansu is from Japan c. 1900. It features nine drawers of various sizes, and
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Japanese Kaidan Tansu 3 Piece Antique Staircase Chest Meiji Period 1870s
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H 96 in W 74.5 in D 25.25 in
Japanese Kaidan Tansu 3 Piece Antique Staircase Chest Meiji Period 1870s
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– 1890’s. ENORMOUS STORAGE! An antique 9-step “kaidan” cabinet with 11 drawers and two large storage
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Wood
Japanese Fine Antique Cabinet Step Tansu, Meiji Period, 1870s-1890s, Fab Storage
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H 79.58 in W 67 in D 33.5 in
Japanese Fine Antique Cabinet Step Tansu, Meiji Period, 1870s-1890s, Fab Storage
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demarcating the two with blue colored tape). Note: this is a two section stacked double kaidan tansu. The
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Materials
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Japanese Antique "Black Staircase Chest" 'Late Edo Period-Meiji Period' /Cabinet
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H 27.56 in W 23.12 in D 19.89 in
Japanese Antique "Black Staircase Chest" 'Late Edo Period-Meiji Period' /Cabinet
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
. This was called "kaidan-tansu", and when a person went up to the second floor of the house, the stairs
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Japanese Step Tansu Chest, circa 1930s
Located in Chicago, IL
large step tansu, known as kaidan-dansu, which doubled as a low staircase to reach overhead storage
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Located in San Francisco, CA
A good quality late Meiji period Japanese keyaki wood kaidan or step tansu in two parts, the small
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Elm, Pine
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