Comb chest - Kushige

Japanese: 櫛笥 - くしげ

〘noun〙 A box for storing combs and makeup tools. Comb box. ※Shoki (720) Sujin Year 10, September (Kitano version , Nanboku -cho period) "I found you in the comb box the next morning. " ※Utsubo (around 970-999 ) Sagain "For this lord, we have lost many of our parents' treasures, including our combs , without any regret." [Etymology] "Ke ( ke )" means container. In the "Manyoshu," "tamakushige," which is a version with "tama" (jewel) at the end, appears along with "kushige." However, during the Heian period, "kushige" was only seen in Chinese contexts such as in "Utsubo Monogatari." In Japanese poetry, "tamakushige" was used, in kana prose, "kushinohako" and "mikushinohako," and in Chinese-language diaries, "kushibako" was used.

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Japanese:

〘名〙櫛や化粧の道具を入れておく箱。くしばこ。※書紀（720）崇神一〇年九月（北野本南北朝期訓）「吾(あれ)明旦(くるつあした)に汝(いまし)か櫛笥(クシケ)に入(い)りて而て居(い)む」※宇津保（970‐999頃）嵯峨院「この君を、許多(ここら)親が時の財(たから)、くしげの何々も、惜しき物なく失ひ」[語誌]「け（笥）」は容器の意。「万葉集」には「くしげ」とともに「玉」を冠した「たまくしげ」が見られるが、平安時代には「くしげ」は「宇津保物語」のような漢文脈でしか見られなくなり、和歌では「たまくしげ」、仮名文では「くしのはこ」「みくしのはこ」、漢文日記では「くしばこ」が用いられる。

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