Cosmetic Box (Mayudzukuri-bako) with Pine, Bamboo, Cherry Blossoms, and Crests of the Matsudaira and Shimazu Families early 19th century Japan This sumptuously decorated lacquer box for eyebrow cosmetics was created as part of a spectacular wedding trousseau that included over fifty accessories and furniture, out of which thirty-two pieces are owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, acquired in 1910. In 2015, we were fortunate to acquire a decorative shelf designed to display cosmetic boxes. The wedding set was created in the early nineteenth century, and it was commissioned to celebrate the

Cosmetic Box (Mayudzukuri-bako) with Pine, Bamboo, Cherry Blossoms, and Crests of the Matsudaira and Shimazu Families early 19th century Japan This sumptuously decorated lacquer box for eyebrow cosmetics was created as part of a spectacular wedding trousseau that included over fifty accessories and furniture, out of which thirty-two pieces are owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, acquired in 1910. In 2015, we were fortunate to acquire a decorative shelf designed to display cosmetic boxes. The wedding set was created in the early nineteenth century, and it was commissioned to celebrate the marriage of a daughter of one of the wealthiest and most politically influential daimyo families of the time, the Shimazu clan from Kyushu and a son of the Matsudaira clan, relatives of the Tokugawa, which ruled over the Kuwana domain of Ise Province in central Japan. This wedding set encapsulates the historical context of powerful political families using art as a symbol of political reconciliation. Cosmetic Box (Mayudzukuri-bako) with Pine, Bamboo, Cherry Blossoms, and Crests of the Matsudaira and Shimazu Families. Japan. early 19th century. Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold and silver foil application on nashiji (“pear-skin”) ground. Edo period (1615–1868). Lacquer

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