Antique Japanese Meiji Era c1880's Sugi Wood Suzuribako Calligraphy Tansu Chest 10" Shakuhachi This one included a coin

This one included a coin slot that a merchant would have used

It shows the general and archer Chinzei Hachiro Minamoto Tametomo shown exiled to the island of Ashijima in the Izu region

Oshima Shun-etsu (大嶋俊逸) (see first picture) in Inuyama (犬山) city (see second picture) with their address

In all Paul Jacoulet made only 166 different prints in his lifetime living in Japan

Antique Japanese Meiji Era c1880's Sugi Wood Suzuribako Calligraphy Tansu Chest 10" Shakuhachi This one included a coinThis 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 Sugi (Japanese cedar) wood. The metal hardware is hand forged iron. Length = 10" Width = 7" Height = 8" 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, brushes, ink