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lacquerwork

Also known as: tsuishu

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Chinese carved lacquer

In lacquerwork: Chinese carved lacquer
carved lacquer of China (diaoqi) is particularly noteworthy. In this the lacquer was built up in the method described above, but to a considerable thickness. When several colours were used, successive layers of each colour of uniform thickness were arranged in the order in which they were to predominate.…
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influence on Kamakura-bori

In Kamakura-bori
…a Chinese carved lacquer (tiao-ch’i, called tsuishu in Japanese) in which many layers of lacquer are built up to a considerable thickness (often in several colours) and then cut back to achieve the desired relief design. There also existed in China a technique of carving wood and coating it…
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