松竹桜家紋散し蒔絵長文箱, Letter Box with Pine, Bamboo, Plum Blossom, and Family Crests, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground (part of a wedding set), L. 15 3/8 in. (39.1 cm), Lacquer, This covered box, part of a wedding trousseau, comprised of thirty-one pieces, represents late Edo-period maki-e (decoration in gold and/or silver sprinkled powder) art at its finest. The Shimazu family, lords of Satsuma in Kyushu, ordered this traditional trousseau most likely for Taka-hime, who was married to Matsudaira Sadakazu, lord of Kuwana (Ise Province), around 1830
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松竹桜家紋散し蒔絵長文箱, Letter Box, Pine, Bamboo, Plum Blossom, Family Crests, Edo period, 1615–1868, 19th century, Japan, Lacquered wood, gold, silver hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil, nashiji ground, part, wedding set, L, 15 3/8, 39.1 cm, Lacquer, covered, box, trousseau, comprised, thirty, pieces, represents late, Edo-period, maki-e, decoration, silver, sprinkled, powder, art, finest, Shimazu family, lords, Satsuma, Kyushu, ordered, traditional Taka-hime, married, Matsudaira Sadakazu, lord, Kuwana, Ise Province, 1830
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