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Aizu
Aizuwakamatsu surroundings, region : Tôhoku
Anime
Cartoon (animation)
Cha dansu
Small piece of furniture for storing the tea ceremony kitchenware
Chôba dansu
Merchant chest
Edo
Period from 1603 to 1868
Funa dansu
Ship chest
Futon
Thin mattress or quilt (see long definition)
Ishô dansu
Kimono chest, generally speaking clothing chest
Iwayadô
City: Esashi, prefecture: Iwate, region: Tôhoku
Kagawa
Shikoku island, South-West of Japan
Kaidan dansu
Step chest (a stairs with a storage area underneath)
Kansai
Region located at the center of Japan (main cities: Kyôto, Nara, Ôsaka, Kôbe)
Katana dansu
Meuble pour ranger les katana (sabres)
Keyaki
Zelkova (Japanese elm), very dense wood, with beautiful wood grain, used in Japan for premium wooden goods
Kimono
Traditional Japanese clothing
Kiri
Paulownia, little density wood, often used in Japan for its good mechanical properties
Kotatsu
Warming low table
Kuruma dansu
Wheeled chest
Manga
Comic book, cartoon
Matsumoto
City: Matsumoto, prefecture: Nagano, region: Chûbu
Meiji
Period from 1868 to 1912
Mizuya
Kitchen chest
Nihonmatsu
City: Nihonmatsu, region: Tôhoku
Obi
Kimono sash
Sado
City: Sado, prefecture: Niigata, region: Chûbu
Sakura
Cherry flower
Samurai
Samouraï
Sen
Kapanese kalopanax
Sendai
City: Sendai, prefecture: Miyagi, region: Tôhoku
Shizuoka
City: Shizuoka, prefecture: Shizuoka, region: Chûbu
Shônai
City: Shônai, prefecture: Yamagata, region: Tôhoku
Shôwa
Period from 1926 to 1989
Taishô
Period from 1912 to 1926
Tansu
Japanese chest, generally speaking piece of furniture for a storage purpose
Tôhoku
Region in the North of Japan, birthplace of tansu crafting
Tôkai
Region at the center of Japan, located between Tôkyô and Ôsaka
Urushi
Traditional Japanese lacquer, also called "Japan" in English
Washitsu
Japanese traditional tatami room in the Japanese home
Yonezawa
City: Yonezawa, prefecture: Yamagata, region: Tôhoku
Zabuton
Cushion for sitting at a low table
Zaisu
Legless chair for sitting at a low table
Zataku
Low table
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