Taisho Bookcases

A Japanese Meiji period keyaki wood Sendai tansu clothing chest from the late 19th century, with hand-cut iron hardware.

A large and remarkable Japanese lacquer and marquetry decorated table or hanging cabinet, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan. The cabinet of square form surmounted by an arched top with upturned scroll ends. Eight drawers of various shapes and sizes adorn the exterior of the cabinet. Doors on either side open to reveal interiors fitted with cubby holes over a single drawer. The front of the cabinet is decorated with scattered geometric marquetry patterns of various design utilizing contrasting woods, including hardwood and burl, all in the yosegi zaiku technique. The sides and top of the cabinet of black lacquer with maki-e lacquer painted designs of flowers and grasses. The back of plain black lacquer with two hoops for hanging. The interior of the cabinet doors and the interior drawers decorated in the wakasa lacquer technique, with gold rhomboid accents against a polished black lacquer ground. Overall a striking accent piece and nice example of Japanese yosegi...

An elaborate and finely detailed carved wood, and gold lacquered Shibayama cabinet (Chigaidansu). Having beautifully applied semi-precious stone and ...

We have an aesthetic sense peculiar to Japanese people. And we introduce the unique items that only we can do, the route of purchasing in Japan, the experience value so far, and the way that no one can imitate. Japanese antique black chest "staircase chest...

A powerful pair of Japanese bronze sculptures of dragonfish, shachihoko, Taisho period, circa 1920, Japan. The pair of bronze shachihoko heavily cast with a good sense of motion. Th...

Antique carved wooden Indian arched doorway dating to the late 19th or early 20th century that has been converted into a three- shelf bookcase, with a mold...

This Japanese vintage display shelf is believed to date from around the 1950s–1960s. The frame is constructed from bamboo, while the shelves are made from solid keyaki (Japanese zelk...

Taisho Japanese Miniature Tansu, Haribako, Presentation Box This Japanese box, made in the Asakusa district of Tokoyo in the Okada Sunshodo, was created circa 1920s. It is marked by...

A simple and elegant Japanese sea chest, funa tansu, crafted of keyaki wood with iron fittings, mounted on a modern iron stand, Meiji Period, dated 1882, Japan. This Japanese sea ch...

A Japanese antique display shelf crafted from solid cedar, dating from the 1930s–1950s. The deep, matured tone of the wood and the substantial thickness of the cedar boards give the ...

Heavy and solid wooden Tansu or apothecary style merchant box. The chest with riveted brackets, iron drop pull hardware and resting on bracket feet. Dime...

This is an upper part of a an unusual 19th century Japanese cabinet using bamboo and burled wood as design accents on the two sliding do...