Wood painting

Japanese: 木画 - もくが
Wood painting

It is one of the decorative methods of woodcraft, and is also called "mokue." There are three techniques: (1) A method of inlaying concrete patterns, in which the shape of a pattern is carved into the wood and other materials are fitted in. (2) Thin pieces of ivory, horn, wood, bamboo, etc. are glued together to create fine geometric patterns such as arrow feathers, cobblestones, and arrow notches. Pieces of material of a certain size are glued together to create unit patterns or parts of them on the edges, which are then cut to the appropriate thickness for inlay. (3) Thin plates cut into diamond or square shapes are glued to the surface of a vessel to create geometric patterns such as diamond patterns and cobblestones.

Records of wood painting include the "Wooden Painting Folding Screen" in the "Xijing Zaji," which records miscellaneous matters in the Western Han Dynasty, and the "Wooden Painting on a Rosewood Scale" in the "Tang Liuxian." An ancient example is the wooden painting box excavated from the tomb of King Tutankhamun in Egypt. The technique of wood painting was brought to China from Sassanid Persia, and it is believed that the technique developed during the Tang Dynasty was introduced to Japan. There are examples among the Shosoin Treasures and the Horyuji Treasures, and examples of technique (1) include the backs of biwa (Japanese lutes), sugoroku (backgammon) boards, go boards, and boxes for imperial treasures. Examples of technique (2) are often used for boundary line patterns, and examples of technique (3) include thin boards of agarwood, black persimmon, betel nut, and other materials.

[Hirokazu Arakawa]

[Reference] | Shosoin | Woodworks

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

木工芸の加飾法の一つで、「もくえ」ともいう。技法には次の3種がある。(1)具象的模様を嵌装(がんそう)する法で、木地に模様の形を彫り込み、他の材をはめ込むもの。(2)象牙(ぞうげ)、角(つの)、木、竹などの細片を貼(は)り合わせて、矢羽根、石畳、矢筈(やはず)などの幾何学的細文を表したもので、ある程度の大きさの各材を貼り合わせて、小口に単位模様ないしその一部をつくり、これを象眼(ぞうがん)する厚さに適宜切断して用いる。(3)菱形(ひしがた)、方形などに切った薄板を器物の表面に貼って、菱繋(ひしつなぎ)や石畳などの幾何学的模様を表したもの。

 木画についての記録は、中国西漢の雑事を記した『西京雑記』の「木画屏風(びょうぶ)」、『唐六典(とうりくてん)』の「木画紫檀(したん)尺」などが古い。古代の遺例としてはエジプトのツタンカーメン王墓出土の木画箱がある。木画の技法はササン朝ペルシアから中国に伝えられ、唐代に発達した技法が日本に伝来したものとみられる。正倉院宝物や法隆寺献納宝物中に遺例があり、(1)の技法を用いた例としては琵琶(びわ)の背面、双六局(すごろくきょく)、碁盤、御物の箱など数例がある。(2)の例は界線文に多く使用され、(3)の技法によるものには沈香、黒柿(くろがき)、檳榔(びんろう)その他の薄板を貼った例がみられる。

[荒川浩和]

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