taka-maki-e
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Taka-maki-e is a Japanese lacquerware technique where designs are created by sprinkling metallic powders, typically gold or silver, onto wet lacquer. This method allows for the creation of high-relief designs. Developed during the Heian period (794–1185), it was used to decorate various items like screens, boxes, and albums.12
There are variations within maki-e:
* Taka-maki-e: Features bold, high-relief decoration.2
* Hiramaki-e: Characterized by low, or "flat," relief decoration.23
* Togidashi maki-e: The design is built up with lacquer and metal powder, then polished down to reveal the design.12
The Igarashi family, active in the 17th century, were renowned lacquerware artists who perfected techniques within maki-e, including taka-maki-e.4
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- Igarashi Family
The taka-maki-e technique employs a mixture of lacquer putty, white lead, lampblack, powder, camphor, and gold or silver foil in relief against a lacquer ground. In the nashiji method, numerous layers of lacquer, each sprinkled with tiny flakes of gold or silver, are superimposed and polished…
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The takamaki-e technique consists of building decorative motifs with a mixture of lacquer putty, white lead, lampblack, camphor, and gold or silver foil in relief against a lacquer ground. In the togidashi method the decorative motif is drawn in lacquer, sprinkled with gold or silver flakes,…
Read MoreThe takamaki-e technique consists of building decorative motifs with a mixture of lacquer putty, white lead, lampblack, camphor, and gold or silver foil in relief against a lacquer ground. In the togidashi method the decorative motif is drawn in lacquer, sprinkled with gold or silver flakes,…
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