Japanese merchants considered the easily moveable kuruma dansu, which kept valuables and merchandise in order the storehouse, an essential possession. The chests were often included as part of a daughter’s dowry. This tansu has wheels with built-in axles. It is a merchant’s chest and acted as a ledger chest for account book storage and other items of daily business. It is stoutly built with mortise and tenon framing and a single kiriwood drawer. The case and doors are in keyaki and hinoki wood. The piece dates from the middle of the eighteenth century.