This covered box is rather thickly constructed. The cover has a very wide, bevelled edge and, in the center, a straight, flat handle. On the corners of the slightly swelling base are four small feet. The exterior is decorated with several distinct motifs: a diagonal lattice design, a renju pattern (rows of circles connected with lines), and stripes. Similar motifs appear on the lid, including a lattice pattern and a design of circles joined by lines; one also finds a star-like motif resembling sashiko, a textile pattern. In fact, the patterns found here are clearly copies of designs used on fabrics. The dotted lattice pattern can be seen as related to hittashibori, a tie-dye technique perfected in the Edo period that results in a pattern of dots within a lattice-work; the stripe motif was likely influenced by fabrics with similar design imported into Japan beginning in the Muromachi period. In the interior of the box is a painting of a bridge, the broad strokes and abbreviated way in which it is rendered providing a contrast to the more finely delineated motifs on the exterior. A section of the lid was cracked during firing.