Luxurious Furnishings and Trousseau
Samurai Lord Household and Trousseau of Princesses of Owari Tokugawa Family
Toiletry Box (Tebako) (Kamakura period, 13-14th c.) by unknownThe Tokugawa Art Museum
Objects and Furnishings of Elegant Living
On display here are personal items used by the Daimyō and his wife in their daily life. These objects for private use (okudōgu) include educational tools as well as household utensils and accessories.
Much of these luxurious objects produced as part of a bridal trousseau included works made in the maki-e lacquer technique, such as incense utensils, toiletries, stationary implements and so on.
You can see how finely cranes, bamboos, chrysanthemums and some Chinese characters are depicted with Maki-e technique on the lid.
Also the metal-casting fittings on both side of the box for attaching a band are minute.
The Hatsune Trousseau, Three Shelf Cabinets (Edo period, 1639) by Koami ChojyuThe Tokugawa Art Museum
Bridal Trousseaus in Edo period were commissioned befitting one's family status. Bridal trousseaus contained several dozens to hundreds of items, a quantity that perhaps we today could not imagine.
Palanquin of The Bridal Trousseau with Chrysanthemum Branches (Edo period, 19th c.) by unknownThe Tokugawa Art Museum
Now we have two famous Bridal Trousseaus, one is for Princess Chiyo, the daughter of 3rd Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, and the other is for princess Sachi, the daughter of most prestigious courtier family.
Inside the palanquin, the landscape with dainty flowers are depicted like the real sitting room of the princess.
Exhibit created by the Tokugawa Art Museum.
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