Kanshitsu box with design in zonsei. “Evening calm in Seto”
H 14.7 x W 34.8 x D 17.8 cm,Year.2016Takashi Tsuji
1973 -- Lacquerware
- Awarded 11 times at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
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Description
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CategoryLacquerware
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DimensionsH 14.7 x W 34.8 x D 17.8 cm
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Year presented2016
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RarityUnique
Techniques Used
Dry lacquer
For works of dry lacquer (kanshitsu), first a clay form is created and plaster is used to take a mold of the form. Next, repeated layers of hemp cloth and lacquer are applied to the mold until they are built up to the desired thickness. Finally, the mold is removed and additional coats of lacquer are applied to finish the piece. The hemp fibers are strengthened when the lacquer bonds with them, making dry lacquer an excellent technique for creating sturdy forms with a significant degree of freedom.
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 63th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2016)
- Selected
