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chests developed during the late Edo period and served a dual purpose,
serving as a set of stairs as well as built-in storage compartments for
merchandise. Merchants and their families lived both at the back of the
house and upstairs, while their shop was close to the street front. The
street entrance was hung with a noren (doorway curtain) advertising the
nature of the business they conducted.
The Japanese Step
Tansu (Kaidan
Tansu) has been a long time favourite for many years in Japanese as well as in western
households. In old days, the Kaidan Tansu was really used to get from one floor to the
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