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MIZUYA KITCHEN TANSU CHESTS AND SHOP CHESTS

Mizuya chests were used in a kitchen area to store dishes and cooking implements.  They typically are two stacking pieces that can be used as is, next to each other for a buffet type arrangement, or mount the top piece up on the wall and put a slab of marble or granite on the bottom piece and you will have a unique and beautiful set of kitchen cabinets. These pieces are highly collectible and will last for generations. Shop Chests often have sliding glass front doors for display of selected items.  These make very nice pieces in which to store and display china, books and other items. Please click on the thumbnail picture to get a larger view, and inquire for more pictures and information on any piece.
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Mizuya Kitchen Chest
Hinoki and sugi construction with keyaki (zelkova) drawer faces and forged round handles.  
72" wide, 67.5" tall and 20" deep, Meiji Period c. 1880
$5500

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Single piece Mizuya Hinoki and sugi construction with keyaki (zelkova) drawer faces 
and forged round  handles.  
34.5" wide, 59" tall and 16" deep
Meiji Period c. 1900
$2400

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8 drawer shopkeeper's chest crafted of sugi (cryptomeria) and hand forged iron locks.
31" wide, 34.5" tall and 14" deep
Edo period circa 1840
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One half (lower section) of a futon chest made of cryptomeria beams and keyaki (elm) drawer faces.
63.5 " wide (64" with granite), 31" high and 18" deep
$2800 (including custom granite top)

 

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Kazaridana Glass Front Shop Chest
Hinoki (cypress) beams and drawer faces, cryptomeria case and interiors.  Hand forged iron warabite style drawer pulls.  Original rolled glass.
62.25" wide, 62" tall, 15" deep
Meiji Period c. 1890
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Mizuya Kitchen Chest
Hinoki and sugi construction with keyaki (zelkova) drawer faces and forged iron handles.  
7.5" wide, 66" tall and 20" deep, Meiji Period c. 1880
$5500
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Osaka style mizuya, or kitchen chest in two pieces. The carved sliding doors offer ventilation for foods.
60" wide, 63" high and 18" deep, circa 1920
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Osaka kitchen chest, or mizuya. This one-piece chest is crafted of hinoki and sugi construction with keyaki (zelkova) drawer faces.
38" wide, 61.5" high and 17" deep, circa 1920
$1400

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