zushidana　厨子棚

KEY WORD :　art history / crafts

Miniature shrine shelf. A cabinet shrine *zushi 厨子, used to store the writing materials and books of court nobles since the Heian period. The zushidana was invented when shelves were attached inside the zushi, and it was called a two story zushi shelves, nikai zushi 二階厨子. Sometimes nikaidana 二階棚 and sankaidana 三階棚 (two or three story shelves) without zushi were also called zushidana. Typically decorated with *makie 蒔絵 and *raden 螺鈿, they are always paired. Upper-class samurai 侍 adapted the zushidana and, in the Edo period, used it as one of the, three shelves santana 三棚, with black shelves kurodana 黒棚, and book shelves shodana 書棚, for daimyou 大名 furnishings and the trousseaux of daimyou brides. Boxes for cosmetics, writing and incense appreciation displayed on the shelves were usually coordinated to match the zushidana.

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