Japanese Cabinets

This is a very old black chest of drawers made in Japan. This piece of furniture was made in the Meiji period (1860s-1900s). The material is cedar wood. The design is simple and rus...

This is an old Japanese cabinet. It was used in the Tohoku region of Japan around the Meiji period, and the main parts are all made of cedar. It is a light and easy-to-handle size. ...

This is an old black cabinet in Japan, which is called a "tansu" in Japan. It seems to be around the Meiji period, and the material is made of cedar. The drawers are wide on the si...

This is an old Japanese cabinet. It is estimated that it was around the Meiji period, and the main parts are all made of zelkova. It is speculated that everything made of zelkova wa...

This is an old cabinet called " Tansu" in Japan. It is a lower type than a normal Tansu. The original red color was used for a long time in an old house with a hearth, so it turned...

This is a historically significant Japanese tansu (chest) from the Meiji era (1860s–1900s), crafted from cedar wood. Its minimalist and refined design embodies traditional Japanese ...

This is a historically significant Japanese tansu (chest) from the Meiji era (1860s–1900s), crafted from cedar wood. Its minimalist and refined design embodies traditional Japanese ...

This is a historically significant Japanese tansu (chest) from the Meiji era (1860s–1900s), crafted from cedar wood. Its minimalist and refined design embodies traditional Japanese ...

This vintage chadansu(tea cabinet) was crafted in the early Showa Period '1926-'. The main body is made of mulberry wood, while the sliding doors are crafted from zelkova, showcasin...

This chest of drawers is a rare piece with a good overall construction, with linear decorations on the doors. Judging from the metal parts, it seems to be quite old. Since the origin...

This large 2 tier Mizuya tansu / side board, is a product of 1860s - 1910s (Meiji period), estimate from the style & conditions. Originally made with traditional wood joinery without...

This is an old Japanese cabinet. It is believed that it was used in the Tohoku region of Japan, and the material is made of cedar. On the back, there is a trace of "Meiji 8" writte...

This is a vertical wooden storage cabinet made of Japanese cedar in the first half of the 20th century. Although it is unknown where it was used, its appearance oozes a beauty that t...

New finds from Kura (the traditional style warehouse) of old established tea shop in Ibaraki pref., Japan. This Mizuya tansu is made from premium quality, reddish Sugi Cedar, the pr...

This is an old black cabinet called " Tansu" in Japan. It was used in the Tohoku region of Japan around the Meiji period and was placed in the attic of a thatched-roofed house for a...

This is a very old black chest of drawers made in Japan. This furniture was made in the Meiji era. (1860s-1900s). The material is made of cedar wood. The design is simple and rustic...

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Incredible example of Asian lacquer carving. Standing over seven feet tall, this monumental display shelf was produced in Japan at the end of the Ed...

This mid size Mizuya tansu (Kitchen chest) is the product of circa 1900s to 1930s (late Meiji to early Showa period) estimated from the style & condition. Original urushi lacquer rem...

Very unusual Octangle shaped Cabinet . 3D Wood work . Gold and Black shadow paint . Pie de stall or storage for Parfum. adjustable shelves . great looking piece . This piece is we...

An Extremely Fine and Very Important 17th Century Japanese Lacquer Cabinet on French Giltwood Stand of Regence Period circa 1680-1690 Provenance Likely acquired by Herman Willem ...

Japanese antique small tansu cabinet box with sliding doors - made of Hinoki Japanese cypress, finished with persimmon tannin & burnt pine ink. Product of circa 1870s-1920s (Meiji to...

This is a very old large Tansu made in Japan. This furniture was made around 1890. In Japan, this period is called the Meiji era. All materials are solid Japanese cedar. The metal fi...

This is a glass cabinet crafted during the Taisho era (1912–1926). It features antique glass with a distinctive wavy texture, characteristic of its time, adding warmth and charm to ...

A storage shelf with a dignified yet gentle feel. You can sense the elegance of its fine construction even from a distance. The overall design is decorated with a traditional Japane...

This is a black tansu made in Japan. It was made in the early Showa period (1920s-1940s) and still retains its beauty and practicality through the ages. The material used is cedar wo...

This vintage glass sliding door was crafted in the Mid-Showa Period '1940s-1960s'. This wide glass sliding door cabinet offers a perfect b...

This vintage Japanese tansu cabinet features wood construction (possibly balsa), black painted finish with silver and mother of Pearl inlay, modular 3 box design each with hinged doo...

New finds from the Kominka (old traditional house) owned by an old-established family in Nagano prefecture, Japan. This 2-tier large Mizuya tansu (Kitchen chest) is the product of m...

A Japanese Meiji period keyaki wood Sendai tansu clothing chest from the late 19th century, with hand-cut iron hardware and safe box. Created in the Sendai Prefecture during the last quarter of the 19th century, this keyaki (elm) wood tansu is a fine example of Japan's traditional mobile cabinetry. Featuring a lacquered finish with reddish brown tones, the chest showcases a rectangular top, sitting above a perfectly organized façade. A long upper...

Katana dansu (Samurai swords cabinet) - manufactured in Kaei 3 (1850), Kyushu area, Japan. A product of late Edo period. There's a long drawer on top, fo...

A large Japanese Meiji period two-piece futon tansu cabinet from the late 19th century, with original iron hardware. Created in Japan during the second hal...

An antique Japanese Tansu with soulful Wabi-Sabi. It appears to be made of Elmwood with finely engraved brass hardware that has a subtle green patina, with an overall soft luster to ...

A lovely Japanese, vintage ca' 1960's miniature chest. Drawers lined in felt, brass hardware, campaign style exposed brackets.

A refined piece of Meiji-era craftsmanship, this antique Mizuya-dansu (kitchen chest) dates to circa 1900 and reflects the understated elegance of traditional Japanese interiors. Cra...

A Japanese Taisho period zebra wood miniature tansu chest from the early 20th century, with sliding doors, open shelf and drawers. Created in Japan dur...

This is a beautiful cabinet that evokes the atmosphere of the Taisho period. It is made of lauan and cedar. It is finished with persimmon tannins and soot, which bring out the text...

A rare heavily patinated 19th C. paper & cedar tansu cabinet. Simply constructed with two sliding doors & three drawers complete with original brass & iron hardware.

A stunning and unique antique Japanese tansu chest with two interior drawers that sits on a custom made contemporary black metal stand. Th...

An elegant Japanese Tansu Jewelry chest. Made of Japanese elm-keyaki. Handles on the sides, top drawer lined with velvet.

An antique Japanese kitchen cabinet from the early 20th century with sliding doors, drawers, woven rattan accents and textured glass panels. C...

This drawer shelf from the Taisho period combines Japanese style with modernity. This drawer shelf is particularly elaborate among those made in the Taisho period, and the complexit...

A Japanese Tonsu bar cabinet offers hardwood construction with drop down door opening to storage compartment with upper drawers; exterior with shaped brass foliate engraved plates th...

This decorative shelf has an elegant and calm impression, made of deep ash wood that has aged and become more expressive. The frame is decorated with the traditional Japanese "doubl...

A tall two section Japanese tansu from the mid 19th century. Nicely patinated cedar with multiple drawers, sliding doors & iron hardware. Strong utilitarian design.

A tranquil presence in a soft black. A simple yet distinctive display shelf. The design has a Japanese aesthetic sense without being overly decorative. This actually seems to bring...

19th Century freestanding Japanese black lacquered and painted table top cabinet from the Meiji period (1868-1912) The cabinet throughout depicting Japanese countryside scenes, vario...

A Japanese staircase tansu cabinet from the 19th century, with two drawers and single door. Born in Japan during the 19th century, this stairc...

A fabulous quality and impressive large Japanese hardwood Shodona from the Meiji period, the lovely carved pediment incorporating a large winged bird and having decorative C scrolls ...

A beautifully constructed Japanese kitchen cabinet, known as a mizuya tansu, from the Taishō period, early 20th century. This tall and versatile chest is crafted in solid sugi (cedar...

A rare original and impressively intact Japanese Zenibako (banker's money box) from late 19th century circa Meiji Period (1868-1912). The chest was made from cypress wood and fitted ...

An extremely fine, elegant and rare late 17th Century Japanese lacquer cabinet, from the Eco period, on later lacquered black stand. Japanese circa 1690 Provenance A private Scottish collection This outstanding cabinet is a fascinating fusion of east and west. The cabinet itself would have been made in Japan, c.1690, and is decorated to the outside with hiramaki-e lacquer. This technique involves the use of sprinkled gold powder which adheres to the lacquer surface. On the best pieces, as with this example, many layers are added in order to create areas of high relief and give depth to the surface decoration. The taste of the Japanese workshops in this period was often for quite restrained pieces with plenty of the black background visible, unlike some of the busier Chinese lacquer or European japanned examples produced around the same time. The Japanese makers seemed content to rely on the outstanding quality of the lacquer itself, regarded by most experts as the finest lacquer ever produced, and did not see the need to cover every surface believing that less was more in this respect. The lacquer here is used to produce a mountainous scene with buildings on the bank of a river, the other side of the river with more buildings and a contrasting flatter and forested landscape. The fine perspective achieved is the result of the clever use of raised and flatter areas in the lacquer itself in combination with the drawing of the design itself. Another remarkable aspect of this piece is the fine metalware throughout, but particularly the lockplate / hasp, hinges and foot mounts to the front. This is all beautifully cast and engraved contrasting against the black background. Interestingly another cabinet on stand with near identical metalwork was advertised in the Burlington Magazine, November 1913, with the dealer W. Williamson and Sons of Guildford. The lacquer on that piece is similarly refined and it seems likely that both pieces came from the same workshop. The European influence in our piece can be seen in both the later ebonised stand and in the japanned decoration which has been applied to the inside of the doors and is also very fine indeed. This consists of two panels with birds of prey perched on branches in colours set against a golden background. The cabinet has a recent Scottish provenance and so it is likely that the ebonised stand was made in Britain though such pieces were made throughout Europe as a way of quite literally elevating these imported pieces of eastern lacquer as in Japan these would have been used on the floor. Inside the cabinet there is a combination of more Japanese lacquer and lock plates and European drawer handles. Most of the lacquer drawer fronts incorporate mountainous scenes and birds in combination, with a few purely one or the other of the two subjects. Again the lacquer is in excellent condition and is of exceptional quality with multiple layers of relief used in one single scene in many cases. As mentioned above, Japanese lacquer is the most technically brilliant of the eastern lacquers and, as such, was highly prized by collectors and connoisseurs throughout Europe when this piece was made. The acquisition of such pieces would only have been possible for a small group of incredibly wealthy individuals, largely royal or high ranking courtiers or merchants connected with the East India trade...

c. 1870s/1880s; Japan Late 19th century decorative keyaki (Japanese elm) cabinet. This ornate, pagoda-inspired piece dates to the early/middle Meiji period in Japan and is construc...

This is an antique Japanese-style cabinet made in the Meiji period. The texture of the black lacquer, smoked with soot from the hearth, has a unique depth and charm that is unlike a...

A unique cabinet crafted in a Japanese technique. The wear of time and the wooden lines add a special atmosphere to this functional cabinet. Such a piece easily fits into your space...

A Vintage Tansu Staircase Side Cabinet from the mid 20th century with two drawers and double doors on each side. Bask in the fusion of Chinese craftsmanship with Japanese finesse as you make this two-sided staircase Tansu...

This antique Japanese tansu chest, crafted during the Taisho period (1912–1926), embodies a harmonious balance of utility and understated beauty. Featuring two modular parts for flex...

An Japanese mulberry wood kimono cabinet from the 20th century, with sliding doors and drawers. Born in Japan during the 20th century, this exquisite ca...