Rare Antique Kannon Biraki Tansu Large Edo Era Kirinoki & Secret Box

Rare Antique Kannon Biraki Tansu Large Edo Era Kirinoki & Secret Box

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Rare Antique Kannon Biraki Tansu Large Edo Era Kirinoki & Secret Box

SKU 1447511 Categories Furniture, Isho Tansu (Clothing Chest), Medium Tansu, Rare Tansu Tags asian antique, Japanese antiques

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Region	Japanese

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A rare antique Japanese large Kannon Biraki Tansu made entirely of thick Kirinoki (Paulownia) wood. Using straight dovetail Japanese joinery and hardened wood nails, this specially commissioned tansu was custom designed and made for a bride’s dowry. Its purpose was for storing the bride’s wedding kimono and accoutrements after the ceremony . Unlike the traditional wedding kimono chest where the bottom half is usually just drawers and sometimes a hinged door, this one features a pair of sliding doors which hides 4 drawers of different sizes and a secret box hidden behind one of the drawers. Especially unusual is the thickness of the wood that was used which in itself is not often seen except in much older tansu.

Age: Edo Era (1800-1850)

Dimensions: 42 3/4″ Wide by 41 1/2″ High by 18 3/4″ Deep

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A rare antique Japanese large Kannon Biraki Tansu made entirely of thick Kirinoki (Paulownia) wood. Using straight dovetail Japanese joinery and hardened wood nails, this specially commissioned tansu was custom designed and made for a bride’s dowry. Its purpose was for storing the bride’s wedding kimono and accoutrements after the ceremony . Unlike the traditional wedding kimono chest where the bottom half is usually just drawers and sometimes a hinged door, this one features a pair of sliding doors which hides 4 drawers of different sizes and a secret box hidden behind one of the drawers. Especially unusual is the thickness of the wood that was used which in itself is not often seen except in much older tansu.

Age: Edo Era (1800-1850)

Dimensions: 42 3/4″ Wide by 41 1/2″ High by 18 3/4″ Deep

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Region	Japanese

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