Wax figure

Japanese: 蠟人形 - ろうにんぎょう(英語表記)wax figure
Wax figure
A general term for dolls made from beeswax or animal wax. It often refers to life-size, painted, and elaborate figures intended for public exhibition. The use of wax to make statues of gods and death masks dates back to ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. During the Renaissance, the cire perdue (a type of casting technique) was perfected, and from the 16th and 17th centuries onwards, the production of wax portrait medals and painted wax reliefs became popular, and wax sculptures became widely used.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
蜜蠟や獣蠟で作った人形の総称。とくに展示公開を目的とする,等身大で彩色などを施した精巧なものを指すことが多い。神像やデスマスクの製作に蠟を用いることは,つとに古代エジプト,ギリシア,ローマ時代から行われていた。ルネサンス期には鋳造技法の一種である蠟型(シール・ペルデュcire perdue)が完成され,16,17世紀以降は蠟製肖像メダルや彩色蠟浮彫の製作が盛行して,蠟を素材とする造形は広く普及した。

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