Discover the arts of the Edo period (1600-1868) from porcelain to lacquer to painting.
Impey, Oliver, and Christiaan Jörg, Japanese Export Lacquer 1580-1850 (Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2005), no. 44, pp. 47 & 164, illus. pp. 47, 164 & 166
lacquer, takamaki-e
Chinese and Japanese lacquer is made from the sap of the lacquer tree, which is indigenous to Eastern China. It is applied to wood as a varnish or for decorative effect. In India and the Middle East, lacquer is made from the deposit of the lac insect.
(high relief sprinkled design’) makie technique in which parts of the design are built up with lacquer mixed with charcoal or clay dust
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