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 […]
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Japanese Cabinetry: The Art & Craft of TansuOut of Print written by David Jackson and Dane OwenFirst Edition published 2002, Gibbs Smith Publisher256 pages, ISBN 1-58685-113-6 David Jackson has been conserving and collecting tansu since 1990. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Maryland and completed graduate studies at the School of the
