Kajikawa family

…Products include wood and bamboo, lacquerware, metal, ceramics, and tusk and horn vessels, and the decorative methods are diverse. There are many excellent items in particular that feature lacquer work, which is one of the most distinctive fields of crafts in the Edo period. Most lacquer artists of this period tried their hand at this, but the Koma and Kajikawa families were famous for their inro lacquer work. [Kawada Sada] …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Kajikawa family" is listed below.

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…作りには木竹器，漆器，金属器，陶器，牙角器などがあり，装飾法も多岐に及ぶが，とりわけ蒔絵をほどこしたものに佳品が多く，江戸時代工芸の最も特色ある一分野となっている。この時代の蒔絵師のほとんどがこれに手を染めたが，印籠蒔絵師としては古満（こま）家，梶川家が名高い。【河田 貞】。…

※「梶川家」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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