Antique Japanese Meiji Era (c 1900) Two Drawer Tansu Chest/Desk Zelkova Wood 33" Metalwork When filled with a dough

When filled with a dough consisting of soy flour and sugar it makes a lovely cake

The outer bamboo is a dark smoky bamboo

Early to mid 1900's

The tanuki is a native animal to Japan resembling in some ways a raccoon and often called a "raccoon-dog"

5 cm) by 13" wide (33 cm) by 9" tall (23 cm )(16" tall (40

Antique Japanese Meiji Era (c 1900) Two Drawer Tansu Chest/Desk Zelkova Wood 33" Metalwork When filled with a doughDating to the late Meiji era early 1900's, this is a special antique Japanese two drawer scholars desk made of Keyaki (zelkova) wood top and drawer faces with Sugi (Japanese cedar) wood casing. This type of bench like tansu was known as a tsukue (desk) and held writing materials and it was a perfect size to act as a desk sitting on the tatami floor. The method of construction (wooden pin) as well as all the early industrial copper handles with