Maki-e (蒔絵, literally: sprinkled picture (or design)) is a Japanese lacquer decoration technique in which pictures, patterns, and letters are drawn with...

decoration technique called maki-e (蒔絵) in which metal powder is sprinkled to attach to lacquer. The invention of various maki-e techniques in Japanese history...

mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. The method is similar to the maki-e technique. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the...

Society of Jesus collected Japanese lacquerware luxuriously decorated with maki-e. The terms related to lacquer such as "Japanning", "Urushiol" and "maque"...

period often have gorgeous decorations carved on the blade and lacquered maki-e decorations on the scabbard. This was due to the economic development and...

creation of miniature landscapes. Chrysanthemum crest on the battleship Mikasa Maki-e Sake Ewer with Chrysanthemums and Paulownia Crests in Alternating Fields...

itomaki tachi was decorated with gorgeous lacquer decorations with lots of maki-e and flashy colored threads, and was used as a gift, a ceremony, or an offering...

wakizashi Fusamune, Edo period, 18th century Maki-e Fuji Tagonoura, by Shibata Zeshin, Meiji period, 1872. Maki-e Writing-table, by Shirayama Shosai, Meiji...

Reading stand with Mt. Yoshino, decorated with lacquer of maki-e technique. 18th century Ukiyo-e based on kabuki actors became popular. Ichikawa Danjūrō...

the world's leading arts and crafts, and works gorgeously decorated with maki-e were exported to Europe and China, remaining important exports until the...