Impey, Oliver, and Joyce Seaman, Japanese Decorative Arts of the Meiji Period 1868-1912, Ashmolean Handbooks (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2005), no. 28 on p. 60, pp. 8 & 68, illus. pp. 60-61
shakudō, shibuichi
alloy of copper and gold, patinated to a dark blue-black colour
alloy of copper and silver, patinated to a dull grey-green colour
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