hicense-boxes

Updated: May 5, 2025

Among the contents of this museum are: polished mirrors with repousse backs, kept in cases lined with brocaded silk; bronze vases; bronze censers; hicense-boxes made of Paulownia wood or of Chinese ware; two-edged swords, which were tied to the girdle, instead of being thrust through it; narrow leather belts with silver or jade decoration; bamboo flutes; lacquer writing-cases, etc.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era