Japaning

...It refers to a design drawn with lacquer, on which fine gold and silver powder is adhered and polished. Generally, this category includes gold and silver powder, colored powder (iroko) (pigments) sprinkled on, and combinations of mother-of-pearl and cut gold. The word "makie" is said to have first appeared in "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter," and there are two theories about its origin: one is that it was made by "matsukinru" (a gold-and-silver comb) as recorded in the "National Treasure Book," and the other is that it comes from the technique of sprinkling gold and silver powder.
[Materials, tools, techniques]

[Makie Powder]
The main material for maki-e is maki-e powder, which can include gold and silver, blue gold (an alloy of gold and silver), white solder, and occasionally copper powder or platinum powder.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "japaning" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…漆で文様を描き，その上に細かな金銀粉などを固着させ磨いたものをいう。一般には金銀粉地や，色粉（いろこ）(顔料)を蒔き付けたもの，螺鈿（らでん）や切金（きりかね）を組み合わせたものなどもその範疇に入る。〈蒔絵〉の語は《竹取物語》にみえるのが最古といわれ，語源は《国家珍宝帳》に記載される〈末金鏤（まつきんる）作〉から末金絵になったとする説や，金銀粉を蒔き付ける技法からきたとする説がある。
【材料，用具，技法】

［蒔絵粉］
　蒔絵の主材料は蒔絵粉だが，これには金銀のほか，青金（あおきん）(金と銀の合金)，白鑞，まれに銅粉，白金粉などが用いられる。…

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