Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Containers (hierarchy name)
5. containers (receptacles)
6. [containers by function or context]
7. [containers for personal use]
8. [containers for personal gear]
9. sagemono

Anotations

Scope note:

Literally "seal caddy," these lacquerware containers were carried on the hip, suspended from the "obi" with a silk cord attached to a "netsuke." During the Momoyama period (1573-1615) they were used to contain seals, but they did not become popular until the Edo period (1615-1868), when they were used instead as medicine boxes.