Box with Design of Pine, Bamboo, and Cherry Blossom. Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); W. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); L. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm). Date: 19th century.This box for storing incense wood includes an inner tray and six small incense containers as well as wrapping papers for the aloe incense wood. The small boxes are decorated with patterns referring to chapters of the Tale of Genji. The decoration is executed in a variety of maki-e (decoration of gold and/or silver sprinkled powder) techniques including relief, gradation-sprinkling, line drawing, needle drawing, applied gold and silver foil, geometric gold foil cuttings, carving with gold or silver foil application, and silver inlay.Incense boxes such as this were part of a provincial lord's (daimyô) wedding trousseau, which was taken as part of the dowry to the groom's estate. This incense box belongs to a maki-e decorated daimyô wedding trousseau, consisting of thirty-one pieces depicting auspicious symbols represen