Tansu, the unique cabinetry of Japan, springs from a rich folk-art tradition. This book is lavishly illustrated with 27 full-color plates and over 260 monochrome photographs of spectacular chests and elegant details. It is divided into two parts, the first on history and the second on techniques. It also includes an invaluable guide to purchasing and conserving tansu.
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Ty and Kiyoko Heineken have been patrons of Japanese folk arts for more than thirty years. Ty Heineken is a cultural anthropologist and is director of Studio Japan, a conservation workshop. Kiyoko Heineken is a bibliographic specialist at Princeton University's East Asian Library.
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The Ultimate Resource on Japanese Antique Chests,
By Andy Barker (Zushi, Japan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tansu: Traditional Japanese Cabinetry (Hardcover)
If you're thinking of purchasing a tansu or already own one and want to know more about it, this is the book to have. It covers everything from the history of these unique pieces of furniture, to the materials used in their construction, as well as providing tips of how to select, refinish, and care for them. Truly a scholarly work. But perhaps the best part of all is the book's exquisite photographs showing outstanding examples of tansu from all regions of Japan. You can't help but drool when seeing them.
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Tansu Book is great,
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This book was exactly the information I needed to help design a new stair step tansu cabinet that was both historically accurate, and modernized for today's homeowners. The history of the cabinet style, the construction, the joinery, the hardware, and the finishes used were well laid out in the book and easy to read and understand.
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A comprehensive history of the Tansu/dansu in the traditional Japanese society. It also give you some excellent examples of the varied uses for Tansu. It was lacking in the presentation of the Step Tansu which is very central to the Japanese History.
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We have chosen to define tansu as Japanese mobile storage chests in order to accommodate cabinetry within changing life patterns from the early Edo period through the Meiji era in a single definition. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
powdered whetstone, personal tansu, kijiro finish, merchant tansu, tansu craftsmen, bengara stain, embossed hardware, vertical locking bar, tansu makers, zelkova burl, nagamochi kuruma, wiped lacquer finish, kijiro lacquer, raw lacquer, wheeled chest, sash hardware, jamb plate, persimmon tannin, merchant chest, drawer interiors, storage cabinetry, personal chests, opaque lacquer, taxation rice, inner drawers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tonami Wa-dansu, Japan Sea, John Gruber, Tokyo Furniture Museum, Heineken Collection, Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture, Inland Sea, North American, Kawamura Zuiken, Mogami River, Mount Fuji, Other Variations, Wakan Sansai Zu-e, Fukui Prefecture, Kansei Reform, T'ang-dynasty China, Toyama Prefecture New!
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We have chosen to define tansu as Japanese mobile storage chests in order to accommodate cabinetry within changing life patterns from the early Edo period through the Meiji era in a single definition. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
powdered whetstone, personal tansu, kijiro finish, merchant tansu, tansu craftsmen, bengara stain, embossed hardware, vertical locking bar, tansu makers, zelkova burl, nagamochi kuruma, wiped lacquer finish, kijiro lacquer, raw lacquer, wheeled chest, sash hardware, jamb plate, persimmon tannin, merchant chest, drawer interiors, storage cabinetry, personal chests, opaque lacquer, taxation rice, inner drawers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tonami Wa-dansu, Japan Sea, John Gruber, Tokyo Furniture Museum, Heineken Collection, Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture, Inland Sea, North American, Kawamura Zuiken, Mogami River, Mount Fuji, Other Variations, Wakan Sansai Zu-e, Fukui Prefecture, Kansei Reform, T'ang-dynasty China, Toyama Prefecture New!
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- Chinese Domestic Furniture in Photographs and Measured Drawings (Dover Books on Furniture) by Gustav Ecke on page 184, and Back Matter
- Village Japan by Richard K. Beardsley in Back Matter
- Elements Of Japanese Design: Handbook Of Family Crests, Heraldry & Symbolism by John Dower in Back Matter
- Japan: A Short Cultural History by G.B. Sansom in Back Matter
- Mingei: Japanese Folk Art by Robert Moes in Front Matter
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- Japanese Cabinetry: The Art & Craft of Tansu by David Jackson on 4 pages
- The Shaker Legacy: Perspectives on an Enduring Furniture Style by Christian Becksvoort on page 18, and Back Matter
- Everyday Things in Premodern Japan: The Hidden Legacy of Material Culture by Susan B. Hanley on page 44
- Japanese Crafts: A Complete Guide to Today's Traditional Handmade Objects by Craft Forum Japan in Back Matter
- Collecting Japanese Antiques by Alistair Seton in Back Matter
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