Antique Japanese Edo Era c 1880's Forged Iron Tansu Key 2.25" Box satsuma cat

satsuma cat

Suitable more for the winter season it’s thick walls allow the tea to retain more heat in the cull winter months

Having been carefully displayed and in storage for much of the past 40 years

This is an antique Japanese 126 bead Abacus known as a soroban

1936 by the great Japanese artist  Shotei Takahashi (1871 to 1945)

Antique Japanese Edo Era c 1880's Forged Iron Tansu Key 2.25" Box satsuma catThis is a hand forged tansu key from the early 1800s of the mid Edo period (c. 1800). It fits the kind of lock seen in photo (lock not included). With exception of signs of past use, (minor oxidation, and an aged patina) this tansu key remains in overall good condition. It measure 2 1 4" long with a shaft opening of 1 4" (5. 5cm x 6mm). The last picture gives an example of the kind of tansu chest that this key was once used. We have an inventory of