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Maki-e

Maki-e (蒔絵, literally: sprinkled picture (or design)) is a Japanese lacquer decoration technique in which pictures, patterns, and letters are drawn with lacquer on the surface of lacquerware, and then metal powder such as gold or silver is sprinkled and fixed on the surface of the lacquerware. The origin of the term maki-e is a compound word of maki…

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Maque

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Maki-e

Nodes36
Edges35
Triples56
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.055556
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Maki-e

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related to Gallery · 24
Maki-e → ArtMaki-e Fuji Tagonoura, Box, Characters, Checkerboard Ground, Edo, Eight Bridges, Good Fortune, Heian, Inlaid, Japanese Art, Khalili Collection, Longevity, Maki-e Writing-table, Meiji, Metropolitan Museum, National Treasure, Ogata Kōrin, Seven Lucky Treasures, Shibata Zeshin, Shirayama Shosai
related to Classification by manufacturing process · 15
Maki-e → After, Although, At, Azuchi-Momoyama, Glossy, Heian, If, In, In Japan, Kamakura, Lacquer, The, Then, These, This
related to External links · 4
Maki-e → Britannica, Media, Wikimedia CommonsMaki-e, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Classification by size and shape of metal powder · 3
Maki-e → Fine, Large, The
related to References · 3
Maki-e → Archived, Lacquerware, Wayback Machine/maki-e
is a · 1
Maki-e → compound word of maki meaning

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lacquer process powder metal period technique lacquerware used japanese surface togidashi called particles gold pattern different picture first term techniques

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Maki-eis acompound word of maki meaning0.90text
gold or silver is sprinkledinstance ofand then metal powder0.80text
fixed on the surface of the lacquerwareinstance ofand then metal powder0.80text
radeninstance ofThe maki-e is often combined with other techniques0.80text
coating the wood or paper with lacquer using a spatula or brushinstance ofit is necessary to make a thick foundation layer of lacquer in advance by repeating a series of works0.80text
drying itinstance ofit is necessary to make a thick foundation layer of lacquer in advance by repeating a series of works0.80text
polishing it.Hira maki-einstance ofit is necessary to make a thick foundation layer of lacquer in advance by repeating a series of works0.80text
Maki-erelated to Classification by manufacturing processIn Japan0.60section
Maki-erelated to Classification by manufacturing processThese0.60section
Maki-erelated to Classification by manufacturing processIn0.60section
Maki-erelated to Classification by manufacturing processAt0.60section
Maki-erelated to Classification by manufacturing processAfter0.60section

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