Antique Japanese furniture | Japan Collection

The Japan Collection brings together a curated selection of antique furniture and objects from the Japanese archipelago, created between the late eighteenth century and the mid-twentieth century. These pieces emerged during a period of transition, when traditional craftsmanship coexisted with new forms of domestic life.

Tansu cabinets, chests of drawers, small trunks, low tables and storage pieces reflect a particular way of understanding space: flexible, ordered and deeply connected to material. In these objects, function and beauty are inseparable; every joint, every iron fitting and every wood grain forms part of a coherent language.

Many of these pieces were crafted from traditional woods such as kiri (paulownia), Japanese cedar or keyaki. These materials were valued for their lightness, durability and stability, and over time they develop a deep and elegant patina.

Placed within contemporary interiors, these furnishings bring a quiet architectural presence. They do not dominate a room; instead they structure the space, introduce rhythm and create a sense of balance that is often absent in modern furniture.

Each piece has been selected for its authenticity, its proportions and the story preserved in its surface.

Japan Collection

Antique Japanese Advertising Box “Kororin” with Drawer – Showa Period – c.1930-1960

Antique Japanese Chest of Drawers – Taishō / Showa Period (c.1912-1945) #37

Antique Japanese Stacking Storage Boxes Set of 7 – Taishō–Showa Period (c.1920–1950)

Antique Japanese choba-tansu merchant chest – Period Late Meiji/Showa (circa 1880–1920)

Antique Japanese Desk Chest with Three Drawers – Meiji / Taishō Period (c.1890-1926)

Antique Japanese storage chest – Meiji/Taisho Period (c.1890-1920)

Small Japanese Cedar Drawer Cabinet (Ko-Dansu), Taishō–Showa Period, circa 1920–1945

Antique Japanese Isho-Dansu Chest in Paulownia – Late Meiji / Taishō Period – c.1890-1920

Japanese Paulownia Drawer Cabinet – Showa Period (c.1950–1979)

Antique base cabinet – Taishō / Showa Period (c.1920-1970) #4

Antique Japanese Wooden Storage Box with Drawer – Meiji–Taishō Period (c.1890–1920)

Japanese Ko-Dansu with Hinged Lid and Drawers in Paulownia Wood, Meiji–Taishō Period, circa 1868–1926