150 Years of Tansu : The Cabinetry Heritage of Japan

Date: Jul 13, 2010 to Aug 04, 2010

Location: Nippon Gallery ( The Nippon Club) 145 West 57th Street, New York

As part of a celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the first Japanese diplomatic delegation to New York, this art how demonstrates `how tansu chests evolved along with the social, technological and political changes in Japan over the last 150 years’. 20 important tansu `define Japan’s cabinetry heritage, and reflect on 150 years of Japan’s economic expansion and influence’.

(via Nippon Club)