Jūbako Explained

are tiered boxes used to hold and present food in Japan.^[1] The boxes are often used to hold osechi, foods traditional to the Japanese New Year,^[2] or to hold takeaway lunches, or bento.

A or, is a picnic set of jūbako in a carrier with handle.^[3]

There is also, a kind of chinese styled bowl,^[4] some stackable like jūbako.^[5]

See also

• Tiffin carrier

tiered lunchbox of India and the Caribbean

Notes and References

1. Web site: Food and Dishware as Landscapes. 2021-01-02. 2021-08-11. Highlighting Japan. https://web.archive.org/web/20210120090835/https://www.gov-online.go.jp/eng/publicity/book/hlj/html/202101/202101_02_en.html. 2021-01-20. live. Public Relations Office of the Government of Japan.
2. Web site: Osechi-ryori: The New Year's Feast. 2020-11-26. 2021-08-11. Consulate General of Japan in New York. https://web.archive.org/web/20170714232934/http://www.ny.us.emb-japan.go.jp/japaninfo/dec2016/03.html. 2017-07-14. live. 2016.
3. Web site: Portable Picnic Set (sagejū) with Chrysanthemums, Foliage Scroll, and Tokugawa Family Crest 18th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
4. Web site: The Lacquer Artisan Sano Chokan. 2021-08-11. Kyoto National Museum. https://web.archive.org/web/20180824144745/http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/dictio/shikki/51sano.html. 2018-08-24. live.
5. Book: Lawrence, Trevor. Catalogue of the collection of Japanese works of art : formed between the years 1869 and 1894. (privetely printed). 1895. Huish. Marcus B.. Marcus Bourne Huish. p89: item 1186; p82: item 1186. en. Sir Trevor Lawrence, 2nd Baronet. free. 2027/yale.39002044802859?urlappend=%3Bseq=205.