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Portable picnic set sagejûbako, Japanese, Edo 1603–1868–Meiji 1868–1912, 19th century. Rectangular cabinet without side walls on a stand; two food containers stacked set incomplete; originally four; two tin sake bottles on a stand. Top tabletop with handle contains one small drawer and a shelf for trays missing. Exterior covered with black roiro-nuri lacquer; interiors of food containers with vermilion lacquer. Surface ornament executed in hiramaki-e and nashiji techniques showing motifs of blooming wisteria, camellias, plum trees, wolfberries, and rosettes coins/mon. Such portable eating sets were called kôchô, sagejû, hanami bentô and were popular from the Momoyama period mid-16th–early 17th c. and in the 18th–19th centuries. Dimensions: height 31.3 cm, width 30.5 cm, depth 17.8 cm; weight 2.29 kg., A rectangular shallow box with an interior painted red and exterior painted black, decorated with gold floral motifs and a gold rim, sitting on a pale gray reflective surface against a pale gray background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Keywords

Portable picnic set sagejûbako Japanese Edo 1603–1868–Meiji 1868–1912 19th century Rectangular cabinet side walls stand two food containers stacked incomplete originally four two tin sake bottles Top tabletop handle contains small drawer shelf trays missing Exterior covered black roiro-nuri lacquer interiors food containers vermilion lacquer Surface ornament executed hiramaki-e nashiji techniques showing motifs blooming wisteria camellias plum trees wolfberries rosettes coins mon portable eating sets called kôchô sagejû hanami bentô popular Momoyama period mid-16th–early 17th c 18th–19th centuries Dimensions height 31.3 cm width 30.5 cm depth 17.8 cm weight 2.29 kg rectangular shallow box interior painted red exterior black decorated gold floral motifs gold rim sitting pale gray reflective surface pale gray background.