Toiletry Box (Tebako)

IMPORTANT CULTURAL PROPERTY
Auspicious motifs from a poem Palace of Longevity
kamakura period, 13th-14th c.

This kind of Maki-e boxes were used to store cosmetics ( powder, lip color, eye-blow powder) and make-up utensils ( combs, brushes, spatulas, cup, mirror). Usually these maki-e toiletry boxes were the part of bridal trousseau.