There is a set of lacquer furniture along with a small fumibako (fubako - document box) like this at the Tokugawa Art Museum in Nagoya (old name Owari), Japan. The set is called ‘Hatsune (first voice, sound) no Chodo (furniture)’ and is designated as a National Treasure. The name came from the Tale of Genji, chapter "Hatsune" (The Warbler’s First). Most of furniture (75 pieces) are decorated with a design taken from a scene in Hatsune. The furniture was made for Princess Chiyo, the eldest daughter of the third Tokugawa Shogun, Iemitsu, as a wedding gift. The amazing thing here is not only the exceptional quality of the lacquer work but the age of the bride as well. Shogun Iemitsu placed an order for the furniture as part of her bridal trousseau as soon as she was born (1638). She became a wife at the age of three (precisely 2 years and 6 months old). This was an arranged marriage for sure. Considering this, dolls may well have been a part of the bridal trousseau during the Edo period. It probably was a mother’s love, the least she could do for her daughter. This custom of pre arranged marriage (between families), which lasted for a long period of time, somehow gave a story to the box that we offer here. The doll placed in the lacquer box in this quality probably meant deeper to someone. The doll could be added later and given to a daughter in later years.