Antique Japanese Edo Era c1850 Suzuribako Calligraphy Chest Sugi Tansu 10" Metalwork With its captivating patterns

With its captivating patterns

Kintaro 金太郎 catching the Giant Carp became a symbol of strength and bravery

It shows the general and archer Chinzei Hachiro Minamoto Tametomo shown exiled to the island of Ashijima in the Izu region

This is an antique Japanese small sake jugfrom the Meiji Era (c

Having been in storage for almost a hundred years

Antique Japanese Edo Era c1850 Suzuribako Calligraphy Chest Sugi Tansu 10" Metalwork With its captivating patternsThis is a Japanese antique late Edo Era (1850) Japanese suzuribako. This suzuribako (portable calligraphy tansu) has a lidded top section and two lower drawers, made of solid sugi wood (Japanese cedar). The metal hardware is hand forged iron and copper handles. Suzuribako were used as portable accounting chests (the forerunner of the attache' case). Also known as a calligraphy chest as it housed an ink stone, brushes, ink stick, and paper. This chest