Enameled, Jeweled and Gilded Box

Brass

Lacquer

Lacquer on wood with Kōdaiji-style decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques, and with applied kirigane (cut silver)

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, brass chips, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard

Wood with inscribed characters in gold on lid and interior

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques; openwork bronze cover and copper interior fittings

Inlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration partially inlaid in black and white slips

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques, and with silver and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; metal fittings

Silver and wax

Bamboo with carved and stained surface and with brass fittings

Kamakura-bori (lacquer on carved wood)

Pale green neprhite; the inscription picked out in gold