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THBAntique Japanese Mizuya-Dansu (Water Room Chest)
About Seller
522 South Pineapple Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
United States
Sarasota Estate Auction specializes in a wide variety of furniture, antiques, fine art, lighting, sculptures, and collectibles. Andrew Ford, owner and operator of the company, has a passion for finding the best pieces of art and antiques and sharing those finds with the Gulf Coast of Florida.
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LiveMar 30, 2025
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- Lot Description
Antique Japanese Mizuya-Dansu (Water Room Chest).
"Mizuya-dansu is the most common term for two-section stacking kitchen chests. This name is derived from the word mizuya (literally: place of water). A space adjacent to the main room of a teahouse where shelving and a bamboo grate existed for cleaning and storing ceramics. The kitchen chests are also known as daidokoro todana (kitchen shelves).
Kitchen tansu is a result of the transformation of eating and cooking habits in the Edo-period. Without this evolution, such cabinets would not have been needed or desired. The change was driven by new vegetables and other crops which allowed the Japanese to devote time to the art of making meals rather than cooking one-pot meals for survival. It is not mere coincidence that the first cookbooks arrived in the same period as the birth of kitchen cabinetry.
Coinciding with crops and cooking was the transformation of the kitchen space itself. The development of fuel-efficient kamado (earthen ovens) transformed traditional work spaces in urban and wealthier rural homes into true kitchens; spaces wholly dedicated to the art of cooking. The mizuya adjacent and at hand, filled with foods, ceramic dishes, cookbooks, and utensils, complete the picture. Hikone, the castle town on Lake Biwa in the Omi Province is said to be the birthplace of the kitchen-chest design. They became widespread, with variations made in the Kyoto, Omi, and Nagoya vicinities."Provenance: Purchased 06/24/2000 from A Touch of the Orient in Yorklyn, DE. Condition: Wear commensurate with age. Condition as pictured. Especially note picture #7.
Size: 70 x 20 x 67.5 in.
Each Individual Size: (top) 70 x 20 x 34 1/2 in. (bottom) 70 x 20 x 33 in.
Condition
Wear commensurate with age. Condition as pictured. Especially note picture #7.
- Provenance
Purchased 06/24/2000 from A Touch of the Orient in Yorklyn, DE.
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- Size
70 x 20 x 67.5 in.
