Tansu are traditional Japanese chests, handcrafted and made of fine woods, such as cypress, keyaki, Japanese cedar and koa. The beautiful ornament in the metal fittings and inventive techniques employed to offer storage space make tansu chests quite desirable to foreigners. Tansu are considered the most prolific and important element of the highly regarded Japanese interior design styles. Many collectors focus on finding antique Tansu. These are much prized and may well be out of the budget of… (More on Tansu)