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David Jackson specializes in the restoration and conservation of antique Japanese chests and cabinetry known as Tansu. His experience includes sculpture restoration, custom woodwork and carving, and custom lighting. Tansu is Japan's cabinetry tradition. They are the wooden boxes and chests that largely originated in Japan's Edo period (1603-1868). From trunks with wheels to shipboard safes, from kitchen cupboards to chests for clothing, Tansu were the receptacles of an age of economic expansion. David Jackson and Dane Owen have written an excellent book on the making of Japanese chests, entitled Japanese Cabinetry: the Art and Craft of Tansu. |
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The Japanese word for tools is dogu, reflecting much about the attitude of the craftsman and the intimate bond between toolmaker and tool user. |
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The characters for dogu can be translated as "the way of the tool" - do (path or way) and gu (implement). Interestingly, the character for gu reads, both literally and visually, "tools need a good eye and two hands." |
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Interested in learning more about Japanese cabinetry? David Jackson is available for lectures. Costs start at $150 per lecture plus travel expenses. Please contact David at (828) 768-2356 for more information. Or e-mail david@tansuconservation.com. |
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David Jackson Fellowship Project: The Kaidan Dansu, a Stairway in Historical Shadow The cabinetry of Japan known as tansu has within its multiplicity of designs something truly unique: a hybrid that is both staircase and cupboard. It is invariably known as the hakodan, hako kaidan, also the kaidan-dansu, literally box stair and stair chest or step-chest. Its history has been obscured by myth and anecdote as no other tansu that I know of, both its origins and uses. The Kaidan Dansu --> |
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Hardware & Tools: |
Tansu Websites: Plane-Spoken Furniture |
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www.norikoyokoi.com |
www.savoryjapan.com |
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Home : Guestbook : Contact : History of Tansu : Japanese Cabinetry : Skills : Restoration |
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Copyright 2004-2010 David Jackson |
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This site designed and maintained by Simone Bouyer's Last updated February 4, 2010 |
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