Chest of drawers - Chest of drawers

Japanese: ひつ(櫃) - ひつ

A large box with a lid. The word "hitsu" comes from the Chinese word "hitsu" (box). There are Tang (Kan) bitsu (illustration) which has legs, and Japanese (Wa) bitsu (illustration) which does not have legs. Karabitsu usually have six legs, two on each long side and one on each short side, but small square bitsu generally have four legs. There are lacquered nihitsu and plain wooden akahitsu (aka box), and some lacquered bitsu are decorated with maki-e (Japanese lacquer painting). Bitsu are thought to have been in use since the Kofun period, but Karabitsu were more commonly used up until the Middle Ages.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

蓋のある大型の箱。櫃は中国語の櫃子からきている。脚付きの唐(韓)櫃（イラスト）と脚の付かない和(倭)櫃（やまとびつ）（イラスト）とがある。唐櫃の脚は通常長側面に各2本，短側面に各1本の6本だが，正方形の小櫃などはだいたい4本脚である。漆塗の塗櫃と素木（しらき）の明櫃（あかひつ）とあり，塗櫃には蒔絵などが施されているものもある。櫃は古墳時代ころから使われていたと考えられるが，中世あたりまでは多く唐櫃が使われていた。

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