Box with design in urushi carving and kinma. “Moonlight”
H 16.0 x W 34.0 x D 15.4 cm,Year.2018Shozo Kitaoka
1949 -- Lacquerware
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Price Range
$3,000 - 40,000
Info
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close - Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 6
Mainly using the choshitsu (carved lacquer) technique, but also making pieces using other lacquerware techniques. As an original method, I use the tatakinuri (stippling) technique when applying layers of lacquer to make a soft gradation of colors that cannot be made with the conventional choshitsu technique.
View DetailDescription
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CategoryLacquerware
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DimensionsH 16.0 x W 34.0 x D 15.4 cm
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Year of creation2018
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RarityUnique
Techniques
Kinma
There are three basic variations of kinma based on the method used for cutting the motifs: line cutting, dot cutting, and a combination of the two. All three types use a special carving blade known as a kinma ken. Originally, kinma only consisted of motifs made of incised lines. However, by combining a variety of colored lacquers and cutting techniques, the art has lent itself to increasingly complex designs.
Carved lacquer
Carved lacquer (choshitsu) is made by first coating a piece in dozens of layers of colored lacquer. Then, a carving blade is used to cut into the lacquer and produce three-dimensional relief carvings.
Selection
- The 65th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2018)
- Selected
