box

Japanese: box
box

…This species is sometimes called Hontsuge (boxwood) in contrast to Inuzuka. The genus Buxus (English name: box (tree)) has about 30 species in Eurasia and Central America, and this species is the only one in Japan. [Tatsuyoshi Morita]. …

From the box:

...The decorative techniques include lacquer art such as maki-e, lacquer painting, wood painting, plain pattern, and mother-of-pearl, and metalwork such as hair engraving, openwork, and inlay, as well as a variety of combinations of these techniques.
[Western]
The word box originally meant a small, covered container made of wood, stone, ivory, or metal for storing medicines, ointments, cosmetics, or valuables, but from the early 18th century it came to mean a larger container for storing goods or personal belongings. Boxes are one of the oldest pieces of furniture, and include chests, coffins, safes, and travel trunks. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "box" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…イヌツゲに対し,本種をホンツゲとよぶことがある。ツゲ属Buxus(英名box (tree))はユーラシア,中央アメリカに約30種,日本には本種のみが産する。【森田 竜義】。…

【箱】より

…その装飾法は漆工芸では蒔絵,漆絵,木画(もくが),平文(ひようもん),螺鈿など,金工では毛彫,透彫(すかしぼり),象嵌など,またそれらを組み合わせた多様な手法が駆使されている。厨子櫃【郷家 忠臣】
[西洋]
 ボックスboxという語は本来は薬,軟膏,化粧品,貴重品などを収納する,木,石,象牙,金属などで作られた小型容器で蓋つきのものを意味していたが,18世紀初期から商品や個人が所持するいろいろなものを収納するための大型容器をも指すようになった。箱は家具のなかで歴史の最も古いものの一つで,チェスト(櫃),棺coffin,金庫・貴重品箱coffer,旅行用トランクなどが含まれる。…

※「box」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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