Sakata keyaki sea chest funa-dansu 1
Sakata keyaki sea chest funa-dansu 2
Sakata keyaki sea chest funa-dansu 3
Sakata keyaki sea chest funa-dansu 4
Sakata keyaki sea chest funa-dansu 5
Sakata keyaki sea chest funa-dansu 6
Sakata keyaki sea chest funa-dansu 7

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Japanese Tansu Sakata sea chest (funa-dansu)

end of Edo period (mid-19th century)

size (inch) W 21 ½ D 12 ½ H 10 ½
size (cm)   W 55     D 32     H 27

A sea chest from Sakata area in Yamagata prefecture made all of (solid) Keyaki wood except for paulownia drawer interiors. Keyaki drawers and a kendon door (drop-fit door) with iron lock plates characteristic of Sakata tansu. With two keys, one for kendon door and the other for two drawers.
Lower right compartment has two small keyaki drawers behind a keyaki kendon door.

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