tansun.
/ˈtansu/ A Japanese chest of drawers.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > chest of drawers > [noun] > other types of
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1885 E. S. Morse Japanese Homes (1886) iv. 196 The tansu—a chest of drawers not unlike our bureau—is often placed within the closet.
1936 K. Nohara True Face of Japan x. 141 The tansu, or chest, consists of two, three, or at the most four drawers above each other, which fit exactly into the wall recesses.
1958 M. Joya Things Japanese iii. 82 There are unpainted tansu or chests, tables, trays and boxes.
1970 P. Zelver Honey Bunch (1971) iv. 16 There was a good modern couch, a Japanese tansu, the art nouveau desk.
1977 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 15 Apr. 31/7 Happy Joss has just received a new shipment of tansu, Imari, hibachi and fabrics from Japan.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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