<i>Kaioke</i> and <i>Awasegai</i>

Kaioke and Awasegai

Pair of Storage Containers for Painted shell Matching Game.
Chrysanthemum-stem design with <i>aoi</i> crest and peony-between-two-stems crest, <i>maki-e</i> lacquer.

Edo period, 19th c.

Owned by Shunkyo-in Sachi-gimi, wife of the 11th Owari Tokugawa Nariharu.
Kaioke/ h: 19.0cm