Box with design in urushi carving and kinma. “Moonlight”
- Lacquerware
- Presented in 2018
- H 16.0 x W 34.0 x D 15.4 cm
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| Category | Lacquerware |
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| Year Presented | 2018 |
| Dimensions | H 16.0 x W 34.0 x D 15.4 cm |
| Exhibition | The 65th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition |
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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.
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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.
Shozo Kitaoka
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.