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Japanese: 華角貼 - かかくばり

...These include bowls, plates, box containers and other vessels that were made on a fairly large scale, proving that this type of lacquerware had become increasingly widespread as an everyday item in the lives of the common people. Another notable example is the use of horn paste. This is done by boiling and softening the horns of cows or buffaloes (horse hoofs were also used in the past), slicing them thinly into rectangular plates, and then painting designs onto the vessels....

From [Tortoiseshell]

...The shell of the hawksbill sea turtle, which has long been used as a decorative material for woodworking and is also processed into accessories. It is mainly composed of horny material (55% carbon, 20% oxygen, 16% nitrogen, 2% sulfur), is translucent, has a resinous luster, has a Mohs hardness of approximately 2.5, a specific gravity of 1.29, and a refractive index of 1.55. Tortoiseshell is often piled up like a roof tile, but sea turtles other than the hawksbill are piled up like stone walls with no overlapping, and are called "wako" and used as a substitute for tortoiseshell. Tortoiseshell is classified into white shell, candy shell, black shell, and spotted shell depending on the color and the presence or absence of black spots. ...

From [Yi Dynasty Art]

…In contrast to Goryeo mother-of-pearl, which covers the entire surface of the vessel with intricate patterns, Joseon mother-of-pearl uses thick shells and, like the patterns of later blue-and-white porcelain, has a large base on which pictorial designs such as lotus pond waterfowl and grapes, designs favored by literati such as the Four Gentlemen, and auspicious designs such as the Ten Years of Longevity are arranged in a generous manner. Another craft unique to the Joseon Dynasty is horn pasting. This is a technique in which patterns are painted in primary colors on the underside of thinly shaved cow horns so that they can be seen through, and then pasted onto the surface of wooden vessels. It was used mainly for women's items such as chests, dressing tables, rulers, and thread spools. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Hanakaku-tsurimi" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これには鉢，盤，盒子（ごうし）など器物をかなり大ぶりにつくったものがみられ，この種の漆器がますます民衆の生活に即した日常用品として深く浸透していたことが知られる。いま一つ，特記されるものに華角（かかく）貼がある。牛や水牛の角(古くは馬の爪も用いた)を煮沸して柔らかくし，薄く切って長方形の板状にしたのちに，文様を彩色であらわして器体に貼りつけたものである。…

【鼈甲】より

…ウミガメの一種タイマイ(玳瑁)の甲羅をいい，木工芸などの加飾材に古くから用いられ，装身具としても加工される。主成分は角質(炭素55％，酸素20％，窒素16％，硫黄2％)で半透明，樹脂ようの光沢があり，モース硬度はほぼ2.5，比重1.29，屈折率1.55。べっこうは多く屋根瓦状に積み重なっているが，タイマイ以外のウミガメは重なりのない石垣状で〈和甲〉と呼ばれ，べっこうの代用にされる。べっこうは色と黒の斑（ふ）の有無により白甲（しろこう），あめ甲，黒甲，斑甲（ばらふ）に分類される。…

【李朝美術】より

…高麗螺鈿のように器面全体を細かな文様で埋め尽くすものとは対照的に，李朝螺鈿は厚貝を使用し，後期の青花磁器の文様に似て，地を大きくとりそこに蓮池水禽（れんちすいきん）や葡萄といった絵画的な模様，四君子（しくんし）などの文人好みの文様，あるいは十長生などの吉祥文様をおおらかに配している。この他，李朝独特の工芸として華角貼（かかくばり）がある。これは薄く削った牛の角の裏面に透けて見えるように原色で文様を描き，木製の器面にはり付けたもので，簞笥（たんす），鏡台，ものさし，糸巻きなど主に女性用の品々に用いられた。…

※「華角貼」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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