Antique Japanese Meiji Era c1920 Keyaki Wood Haribako Sewing Tansu 9" Goban Great as a stand alone

Great as a stand alone piece of art with calligraphy or for use as a vase with more than a century of history

Stacked together

1886 by the great Japanese artist Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839 to 1892)

Born in Tokyo

1940) bronze mini Usubata (flower vase)

Antique Japanese Meiji Era c1920 Keyaki Wood Haribako Sewing Tansu 9" Goban Great as a stand aloneThis is an antique Taisho era (c. 1920's) sewing box with an arrangement of three exterior drawers. The lidded top section is divided into three areas. This type of tansu chest was used to store valuables as well as equipment for the person of the house to do repairs on Kimono and bedding. This haribako has keyaki wood (Japanese elm) exteriors and kiri wood (paulownia) wood drawer interiors. Great skill was used in the workmanship in this chest. It is