1) Attachment on an obi 2) Box japanese 3) Eastern cosmetics box 4) Girdle box 5) Japanese box 6) Japanese box set 7) Japanese case 8) Japanese cosmetics box 9) Japanese girdle attachment 10) Japanese girdle box 11) Japanese medicine case 12) Japanese purse 13) Japanese receptacle 14) Japanese set of boxes
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1) Fashion accessory
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An 印籠 is a traditional Japanese case for holding small objects, suspended from the obi. Because traditional Japanese garb lacked pockets, objects were often carried by hanging them from the obi, or sash, in containers known as sagemono (a Japanese generic term for a hanging object attached to a sash). Most sagemono were created for specialized...
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• (n.) A small closed receptacle or set of receptacles of hard material, as lacquered wood, iron, bronze, or ivory, used by the Japanese to hold medicines, perfumes, and the like, and carried in the girdle. It is usually secured by a silk cord by which the wearer may grasp it, which cord passes through an ornamental button or knob called a net...
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Small container designed to hang from the belt, worn by Japanese men from the 14thC. The original purpose was to hold a seal- the word is literally translated as 'seal basket' -but inro were later used for other personal effects such as medicine or tobacco, and by the 18thC had become purely decorative. Inro are usually of lacquer on wood, typicall...
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Small container designed to hang from the belt, worn by Japanese men from the 14thC. The original purpose was to hold a seal- the word is literally translated as 'seal basket' -but inro were later used for other personal effects such as medicine or tobacco, and by the 18thC had become purely decorative. Inro are usually of lacquer on wood, typicall …...
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In'ro noun [ Jap.
inrō ;
in seal +
rō box.] A small closed receptacle or set of receptacles of hard material, as lacquered wood, iron, bronze, or ivory, used by the Japanese to hold medicines, perfumes, and the like, and carried in the girdle. It is usually secur...
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A pill container, carried attached to an obi
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a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
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