Hasamibako is a small, portable chest for storing clothes or personal belongings, carried by a servant via a stick over the shoulder. This lacquered chest is a piece of the bridal trousseau of Princess Sumi, the wife of the 12th lord of the Yanagawa domain. She was a daughter of the Tayasu-Tokugawa family — one of the three privileged branches of the Shogun family. The three hollyhock leaves in a circle represents the Tokugawa family crest.
This traveling box with red wool cover is one of the wedding trousseaus for Princess Sumi who is a wife of the 12th lord of the Yanagawa clan. It has a gold Maki-e design of Aoi crest of the Tokugawa family and arabesque pattern on the black lacquered surface.
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