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Jūbako

Japanese food box

Jūbako (重箱, lit. "tiered boxes") are tiered boxes used to hold and present food in Japan.^[1] The boxes are often used to hold osechi, foods traditional to the Japanese New Year,^[2] or to hold takeaway lunches, or bento.

Asagejū (提重, lit. "portable jūbako")orsagejūbako (提げ重箱), is a picnic set of jūbako in a carrier with handle.^[3]

There is also jikirō (食籠, lit. "food basket"), a kind of chinese styled bowl,^[4] some stackable like jūbako.^[5]

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  An 18th century wood, gold and silver foil jūbako
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  Sagejū
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  Jikirō

See also[edit]

• Tiffin carrier: tiered lunchbox of India and the Caribbean

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External links[edit]

• Definitions from Wiktionary

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Data from Wikidata