Antique Japanese Kitchen Tansu Meiji Era c1880's Keyaki & Sugi Tansu Chest 68"H Modern art 75" deep and 4

75" deep and 4

This is a carved wooden statue of Nichiren Daishonin

1596-1868) tsuba (handguard) for a tsuba is made with typical forged steel and is in the shape of a mokkogata etched with outward radiating lines known as a "Bores Eye" or Amida Yori-"the shining light of the Buddha" (the Buddha in this case being the tip of the blade of the sword when pointed at an opponent)

It was made by a Japanese master blade maker of laminated hand forged steel with the same process as is used to make traditional Japanese samurai swoTkanna is ready to be honed and fitted into a wooden dai of your making

It dates to the late Taisho Era (c

Antique Japanese Kitchen Tansu Meiji Era c1880's Keyaki & Sugi Tansu Chest 68"H Modern art 75" deep and 4This is a beauty with a natural wood finish. This mid Meiji era c1880's Mizuya or kitchen tansu has all the original five drawers and two cabinets behind sliding doors. The whole chest is divided into two sections making it very versatile. The highly figured wood grain of the drawer fronts is done in Keyaki burl wood Japanese Elm (Zelkova). The case and interior is all Sugi Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria). Hand forged iron and copper hardware. As well as