Food Vessel with Zonsei "Nobunobu (Carefree)"

H 5.0 / ø 36.0 cm,Year.2025
Not for Sale
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Takashi Tsuji

1973 -
  • Lacquerware
  • Awarded 11 times at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
  • Price Range Please Inquire

Description

  • Category
    Lacquerware
  • Materials
  • Dimensions
    H 5.0 / ø 36.0 cm
  • Year presented
    2025
  • Rarity
    Unique

Techniques Used

Zonsei

In zonsei lacquerwork, the outlines of colored motifs are engraved to produce additional decorative effects. Typically, one of two techniques is used. In the first, the artisan applies the motifs in colored lacquer before using a carving tool called a zonsei ken to incise the outlines of the design or add decorative line engravings. In the second, the artisan creates motifs using the kinma technique, which are then outlined or engraved in the same fashion. Zonsei, like carved lacquer (chōshitsu) and kinma, is a technique associated primarily with Takamatsu in Kagawa prefecture.

Selected exhibitions

  • The 67th Shikoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2025)
  • Selected
Takashi Tsuji

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