Ikakeji - Ikakeji

It is a type of jimaki (ground sprinkling) in the makie (lacquer) decoration technique. It is a thickly sprinkled ground with gold or silver powder, and in the early modern period it was also called kin (gin)ji (gold)ji (ground) or tameji (gold-steeped ground). It is also described as ikakeji (bathed ground) in the 1390 (Meitoku 1) "Kumano Shingu Jinpo Mokuroku" (Catalog of the Treasures of the Kumano Shrine). That it originated in the Heian period is also proven by the fact that in 1029 (Chogen 2), the Minister of the Left, Yorimichi, applied ikakeji to the furnishings of the Shirakawa-in Imperial Court, in the Ruiju Zoyosho (Collection of Documents), and that it was also applied to the swords and weapons of the nobles' ceremonial guards. This tradition flourished during the Kamakura period, and many representative examples have been handed down to the present day, such as the Magakini Kikuraden Makie Suzuribako (Hori-Kiku chrysanthemum mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquer work box) from Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, the Katawaguruma Raden Hand Box formerly owned by Lord Matsudaira Fumai (now in the Tokyo National Museum), and the plum blossom inlaid hand box from Mishima Taisha Shrine.

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Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

蒔絵(まきえ)加飾法の地蒔(じまき)の一種。金粉や銀粉を沃(そそ)ぎかけた地という意で、濃く蒔き詰めているので、近世では金（銀）地、金溜地(ためじ)ともいう。また1390年（明徳1）の『熊野新宮神宝目録』には浴掛地(いかけじ)と記載してある。平安時代におこったことは、『類聚雑要抄(るいじゅうぞうようしょう)』に、1029年（長元2）関白左大臣頼通(よりみち)が白河院の調度品に沃懸地を施したとあり、また公家(くげ)の儀仗太刀(ぎじょうたち)や武器に施工したのがあることからも証明される。鎌倉時代に盛んに行われ、鶴岡八幡宮(つるがおかはちまんぐう)の籬菊螺鈿蒔絵硯箱(まがきにきくらでんまきえすずりばこ)や松平不昧(ふまい)公旧蔵（現東京国立博物館蔵）の片輪車螺鈿手箱(かたわぐるまらでんてばこ)、三嶋大社の梅蒔絵手箱など代表的遺例が数多く伝世している。

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