文ぶん匣こう

noun

document chest

Archaic term for a box or chest used to store documents and papers. Not used in modern Japanese; encountered only in historical contexts.

• 古こ文もん書じょには「文ぶん匣こう」という言こと葉ばが、書しょ類るいを入いれる箱はこの意い味みで出でてくる。

  In old documents, the word 文匣 appears meaning a box for storing papers.