Katayama-san's Kiri Tansu Chest of Drawers

”Kiri" (paulawnia) is traditionally considered the best wood for storage furniture, "tansu" chest of drawers, in Japan as it is good for preventing humidity, fire, and durability. "Kiri" tansu has been preserving the prescious kimono and goods of Japanese households. Katayama-san is one of the artizans still keeping the handcraft skills of Edo (old Tokyo) craftworks who had been awarded Tokyo Metoropolitan Governors' Award. Katayama-san presented his works on numbers of overseas handcraft artizans' exhibits.