Kaidan Dansu (Step Tansu) From Japan Meiji Period - 19th Century Clothes Known as Stick boxes

Known as Stick boxes

Features: Set of three graduated planters

but also work as a decorative piece

Elegant in form and practical in scale

Kaidan Dansu (Step Tansu) From Japan Meiji Period - 19th Century Clothes Known as Stick boxesThis Japanese Kaidan Tansu (step chest) dates from the Meiji period and is one of the most recognisable forms of traditional Japanese furniture. Originally designed to provide access to the upper floors of machiya townhouses, shops and teahouses, these ingenious pieces combined the function of a staircase with practical storage. Their distinctive silhouette became so iconic that they frequently appeared in ukiyo e woodblock prints by artists including