Miniature shrine shelf. A cabinet shrine *zushi 厨子, used to store the writing materials and books of court nobles since the Heian period. The zushidana was invented when shelves were attached inside the zushi, and were called two-story zushi shelves, nikai zushi 二階厨子. Sometimes nikaidana 二階棚 and sankaidana 三階棚 (two- or three-story shelves) without zushi were also called zushidana. Typically decorated with *maki-e 蒔絵 and *raden 螺鈿, they are always paired. Upper-class samurai 侍 adapted the zushidana and, in the Edo period, used it as one of the, three shelves santana 三棚, with black shelves kurodana 黒棚, and book shelves shodana 書棚, for daimyō 大名 furnishings and the trousseaux of daimyō brides. Boxes for cosmetics, writing, and incense appreciation displayed on the shelves were usually coordinated to match the zushidana.