Caption

Portable picnic set sagejûbako, Portable eating set consisting of a rectangular cabinet without side walls on a stand with two food containers stacked atop each other set incomplete—should be four; beside them on the stand are two tin sake bottles. The top tabletop has a handle, one small drawer and a shelf for trays missing. Entire exterior coated in black roiro-nuri lacquer; interiors of food containers in vermilion lacquer. Surface ornament executed with hiramaki-e and nashiji techniques, depicting blooming wisteria, camellias, plum trees, wolfberries, mon rosettes/coins, and leaves. Such portable eating sets were called variously kôchô, sagejû, hanami bentô and were popular from the Momoyama period mid-16th–early 17th c. and in the 18th–19th centuries. 19th century late Edo–Meiji, Japan. Dimensions: height 31.3 cm, width 30.5 cm, depth 17.8 cm; weight 2.29 kg., A shallow rectangular tray sits on a smooth pale gray surface, its exterior painted black with a decorative gold floral vine pattern along the sides and its interior coated in a deep red; the tray casts a faint reflection on the surface and the background is a uniform light gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A22_071

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Keywords

Portable picnic set sagejûbako Portable eating consisting rectangular cabinet side walls stand two food containers stacked atop set incomplete should four beside them two tin sake bottles top tabletop handle small drawer shelf trays missing Entire exterior coated black roiro-nuri lacquer interiors food containers vermilion lacquer Surface ornament executed hiramaki-e nashiji techniques depicting blooming wisteria camellias plum trees wolfberries mon rosettes coins leaves portable eating sets called variously kôchô sagejû hanami bentô popular Momoyama period mid-16th–early 17th c 18th–19th centuries 19th century late Edo–Meiji Japan Dimensions height 31.3 cm width 30.5 cm depth 17.8 cm weight 2.29 kg shallow rectangular tray sits smooth pale gray surface exterior painted black decorative gold floral vine pattern sides interior coated deep red tray casts faint reflection surface background uniform light gray.