Japanese Antique Nihonmatsu Tansu with Butterfly Locks
Antique Japanese Nihonmatsu isho tansu (clothing chest) in two sections from the Nihonmatsu area of Fukushima Prefecture. Made all of kiri (paulownia) wood. Iron hardware has a deep red lacquer finish and includes hirute shaped drawer pulls and large square lock plates with shochikubai symbols (three friends of winter: plum, pine and bamboo) and a butterfly key hole cover. The top section has 2 large full-width drawers. The bottom section has two drawers and a safe box in the lower right hand side. Comes with 2 keys.
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 47 3/4" high x 44" wide x 19" deep.
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