Small, highly decorative lacquer storage boxes serve as jewelry boxes and for organizing sewing supplies, etc. These are readily available and are popular with collectors. Even smaller boxes organize small items for regular use. One is a money box; coins are entered into a slot that leads to a locked drawer. Other boxes organize various minutia. The Japanese seem to have a box for every purpose (see Inro). Below is an Edo period (1603 – 1867) jewellery box open and closed.
