Jūbako

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.

"portable jūbako") or sagejūbako (提げ重箱), is a picnic set of jūbako in a carrier with handle.

"food basket"), a kind of chinese styled bowl,[4] some stackable like jūbako.

Mid-19th century jūbako by Shibata Zeshin , housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York