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CHOBADANSU DOCUMENT CHESTS
Chobadansu were used to store papers, account books and valuables. They
were made with a high level of cabinetmaking skill, with tightly fitting drawers
using hardened hinoki pegs rather than nails, hand forged iron handles and
locks, using woods such as paulownia, cryptomeria and hinoki. They have
different arrangements of drawers, sliding doors, and hinged locking safe doors
with small drawers behind. They date to
the late Edo to Meiji periods, c.1850-1890. They are beautiful as well as
functional, and can be set on custom iron bases to raise the height, configured
to use a bathroom vanity, the two piece tansu split and used side by side or in
different areas, or used as designed for storage and display. These
beautiful antiques are highly collectable and will last for generations.
   #9J106
Two part stacking Chobadansu
Hinoki face, cryptomeria case and interiors.
late Meiji circa 1910
36.5" wide, 66" tall, 15" deep
$2800 |
 #6J242
Two part stacking Chobadansu
Hinoki face, cryptomeria case and interiors, and
hand forged iron hirute (leech) style handles
c. 1880 Meiji period
36" wide, 66.5" tall, 18" deep
$4500
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  #11JTK40
One piece Chobadansu
Hinoki (cypress) and keyaki (elm) door faces and cryptomeria case and interiors.
Hand forged iron warabite (fern hand) style drawer pulls.
28.5" wide, 29" tall and14" deep
Meiji Period C.1880
$1400 |
 #8J186
One piece Chobadansu
Hinoki (cypress) and keyaki (elm) door faces and cryptomeria case and interiors.
Hand forged iron warabite (fern hand) style drawer pulls.
29" wide, 14.5" deep and 29" tall
Meiji Period C.1880
$1500
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  #7J267
One-piece choba dansu with kiri face and interiors, cryptomeria face and hand forged warabite style
handles. Late Edo period
30" wide, 33.5" high and 15.5" deep
$1750 |
  #6J531
Chobadansu - accounting chest
Hinoki (cypress) face, Sugi (cryptomeria) case and kiri (paulwonia) interiors.
Hand forged iron warabite (fern hand) style drawer pulls.
35.5" wide, 42" tall and 17.5" deep
$2800
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   #10JTK16
Japanese merchant's chest with an unusual double door made of solid kiri
(paulownia) from the late Edo, circa 1860.
29" wide, 29" high and 17.5" deep
$1950 |
  #11JTK64
Solid keyaki face choba-dansu (document chest). Interiors are sugi
(cryptomeria).
35" wide, 36" high and 16" deep
$2500
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 #2J033
One piece Chobadansu
Kiri face and interiors, cryptomeria face and hand forged warabite style handles, lower safe area
35.5" wide, 16.5" deep, 41" tall
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
$2400 |
   #6J336
Two-piece Nagoya style chobadansu or accountant's chest, circa 1870.
35.5" wide, 59.5" high and 16" deep
$2600
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  #9J054
Tokyo-style merchant chest consisting of kiri (paulwonia) with warabite
(fern) iron drawer pulls from the Meiji period.
31" wide , 35" high and 16" deep
SOLD
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 #2J262
Two part stacking Chobadansu
Kansai (Kyoto) style made of hinoki and cryptomeria woods with hand forged
warabite style handles, operable single action locks with key.
35" wide, 62.5" tall, 15.5" deep
Meiji Period c. 1880
$4500
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#5J500
Kansai (near Kyoto) style document chest. Hinoki (cypress) face,
case
and panels, kiri interiors. Hand forged iron warabite (fern hand)
style drawer pulls.
34" wide, 37" tall, 15" deep
Meiji Period c. 1880
$1900
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#6J214
Chobadansu Accountant's Chest
Hinoki (cypress) face and sugi (cryptomeria) wood.
Hand forged hirute (leech) iron hardware.
27" wide, 14" deep and 25" tall
Meiji Period circa 1880
$1200
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 #3J265
One piece Chobadansu
35" wide, 40.5" tall, 15.75" deep
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
$2500 |
#8J155
Chobadansu Accountant's Chest
Hinoki (cypress) slider face and kiri (paulownia) case and interiors..
Hand forged warabite (fern) iron hardware.
26" wide, 26" tall and 12.5" deep
Meiji Period circa 1870
$1200
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