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Tamatebako is literally rendered "jewel-hand-box" [1] but sometimes it is seen as not imparting any special meaning and translated as "casket". It was glossed as meaning a "beautiful box" by McKeon. [2] The first instance of its use in the Urashima tale is in an inserted poem in the Otogizōshi. [3]
An unglued tamatebako coming apart. The Tamatebako (玉手箱) is an origami model named after the tamatebako of Japanese folk tale. It is a modular cube design that can be opened from any side. If more than one face of the model is opened, the cube falls apart and cannot easily be reconstructed.
Here, it was a three-tiered jeweled hand-box (三重ねの玉手箱, mitsugasane no tamatebako), that is to say, a stacked box that was given to Urashima. When he opened the lid, the first box (on the top) contained a crane 's feather, and the second a puff of white smoke that turned him into an old man, and the third a mirror, which made him ...
The Ibusuki no Tamatebako (指宿のたまて箱, lit. ' Ibusuki's Pandora Box ') is a limited express service operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) in Japan since March 2011. It operates between Kagoshima-Chūō Station and Ibusuki Station via the Ibusuki Makurazaki Line.
This gift box holds 54 tea bags featuring nine different blends, including a few limited-edition festive flavors. If you want to go the extra mile, include a cute mug with this present. $41 at ...
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Oto-hime (right) gives the tamatebako to Urashima Tarō (Matsuki Heikichi, 1899) Oto-hime or Otohime (Japanese: 乙姫), in the Japanese folktale of Urashima Tarō, is the princess of the undersea palace Ryūgū-jō.