What’s a Getabako?

Everyone needs a getabako. What an invention! The Japanese shoe chest (geta = shoe, bako = box) is a must in any household.

It’s a cupboard traditionally used to store shoes removed while at home. In Japan , you’ll usually find it at the entrance way or on the porch. Near it, you [...]

Japanese Lacquerware at Jcollector

Recently we traveled to Japan and New York where, among other items, we found some exceptional lacquerware.

Lacquer has played an important part in Japanese culture for more than two thousand years but came into full bloom during the Edo period (1603-1868).  The finished product is so sublime as to appear simple to produce, but lacquer [...]

New Japanese Furniture Shipment at Jcollector/Jtansu

Our latest shipment of fine Japanese tansu has arrived!
Ruben spent a week in May selecting a wide variety of exceptional pieces, including kitchen tansu, merchant tansu and the ever-popular getabako shoe tansu (a best seller!).  Check out this great two-tone mizuya with keyaki wood accents and roomy getabako, an eye-catching must for getting that [...]