konrei choudo　婚礼調度

KEY WORD :　art history / crafts

Bridal trousseau. An Edo period daimyou 大名 bride brought to her husbands' home a lavish set of house-hold furnishings reflecting the prestige of her family. A typical trousseau consisted of three different kinds of shelves santana 三棚; the *zushidana 厨子棚 (miniature shrine-style shelves), kurodana 黒棚 (black shelves) and shodana 書棚 (book shelves), and such personal items as cosmetics, utensils for the incense game kouawase 香合せ, a writing utensil box *suzuribako 硯箱, clothes, a clothes rack, a wash basin, a comb stand kushidai 櫛台, serving and tea utensils, a set of equipment for teeth blackening ohaguro 御歯黒, and objects of amusement. This last group included the so-called three boards sanmen 三面; the go board goban 碁盤, shougi board shougiban 将棋盤 and sugoroku board sugorokuban 双六盤, and the three stringed instruments sangen 三弦; the koto 琴, shamisen 三味線 and kokyuu 胡弓. These objects were ornamented with gold and silver dust *makie 蒔絵 and mother of pearl *raden 螺鈿. Because of the status accorded to konrei choudo, leading craftsmen labored carefully using the finest of materials and techniques.

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