Antique Japanese Meiji Era c1890's Chestnut Wood Suzuribako Calligraphy Tansu Chest 12” Print This chest was well used

This chest was well used and well loved and has a warm aged patina

The wear has smoothed down the whole tsuba

1943 by the great Japanese artist Kawase Hasui (1883 to 1957)

The Chashaku is the simple bamboo tea scoop used to transfer powdered green tea from the caddie to the tea bowl during tea ceremony

Elephant handles and a front and back which appears to depict Chinese intellectual scholars from Tang Dynasty China around a broken jar with liquid flowing out of it on the front and a smiling teacher and a pine tree on the back

Antique Japanese Meiji Era c1890's Chestnut Wood Suzuribako Calligraphy Tansu Chest 12” Print This chest was well usedThis is a 120 year old antique Japanese suzuribako from the late Meiji Era c. 1900. This suzuribako (portable calligraphy tansu) has two drawers and a lidded top section, made of solid Kiri (paulowina) wood. The metal hardware is hand forged iron. Length = 12" Width = 9" Height = 10" Weight =6lbs 8oz 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,