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Jūbako

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Mid-19th century jūbako by Shibata Zeshin, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York

Jūbako (重箱; lit. "tiered boxes") are tiered lacquerware boxes used to hold and present food in Japan.[1] The boxes are often used to hold osechi, foods traditional to the Japanese New Year,[2] or to hold takeaway lunches, or bento.

Jūbako are traditionally made of wood, generally lacquered, coming in sets designed to stack two, three, or even more layers high. Often square, jūbako may also come in different shapes. A set usually comes with a lid for the top layer.

A sagejūbako (提げ重箱, lit. "portable jūbako"), or, for short, a sagejū (提重), is a picnic set of jūbako in a carrier with a handle.[3]

There is also jikirō (食籠, lit. "food basket"), a kind of Chinese-styled bowl,[4] some stackable like jūbako.[5]

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  1. ↑ "Food and Dishware as Landscapes". Highlighting Japan. Public Relations Office of the Government of Japan. 2021-01-02. Archived from the original on 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  2. ↑ "Osechi-ryori: The New Year's Feast". Consulate General of Japan in New York. 2020-11-26 [2016]. Archived from the original on 2017-07-14. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  3. ↑ "Portable Picnic Set (sagejū) with Chrysanthemums, Foliage Scroll, and Tokugawa Family Crest 18th century". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  4. ↑ "The Lacquer Artisan Sano Chokan". Kyoto National Museum. Archived from the original on 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  5. ↑ Lawrence, Trevor (1895). Huish, Marcus B. (ed.). Catalogue of the collection of Japanese works of art : formed between the years 1869 and 1894. (privetely printed). p89: item 1186; p82: item 1186. hdl:2027/yale.39002044802859.
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