Shibayama crafts - Shibayamazaiku

A type of lacquerware decoration technique. Also known as Shibayama inlay or Shibayama carving. This technique was invented by Onogi Senzo (later renamed Shibayama Senzo) of Shimousa (Chiba Prefecture) during the An'ei era (1772-1781) in the late Edo period, in which pieces of tusk, horn, shell, and shell were dyed and combined with flower and bird motifs, and inlaid into the base plate of a lacquered folding screen or a picture frame. During the Meiji period, it was mainly produced in Yokohama and exported to Europe and the United States.

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漆器加飾技法の一種。芝山象眼、芝山彫とも称す。江戸時代後期、安永(あんえい)年間（1772～81）に、下総(しもうさ)（千葉県）の大野木専蔵（のち芝山仙蔵と改名）が考案した技法で、牙(きば)、角、貝、甲羅(こうら)の断片を染色して、花鳥文様に組み合わせ、漆塗りの屏風(びょうぶ)や額面の地板に嵌入(かんにゅう)したもの。明治期には横浜を中心に製作され、欧米へ輸出された。

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