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*''Japanese'': 金 ''(kin)'', 黄金 ''(ougon)''

*''Japanese'': 金 ''(kin)'', 黄金 ''(ougon)''

Though used in Japan since nearly the earliest times, '''gold''', like [[silver]], became particularly prominent in regional maritime trade and domestic concerns in the 16th-18th centuries.

Though used in Japan since nearly the earliest times, '''gold''', like [[silver]], became particularly prominent in regional maritime trade and domestic concerns in the 16th-18th centuries. Throughout the 17th century, Japan was one of the world's primary sources of copper, silver, and gold.<ref>Kobata, Atsushi. "Production and Uses of Gold and Silver in Sixteenth- and Seventeeth-Century Japan." ''The Economic History Review''. New Series, 18:2 (1965). pp245-266.</ref>

Gold is also used extensively in traditional arts, especially in the form of [[gold leaf]] or gold foil. Expensive handscrolls are often painted on gold-flecked paper, and [[lacquerwares]] often incorporate sprinkled flecks of gold foil, a technique known as ''maki-e''. Gold foil is also commonly used as the backing for folding screens.

Gold is also used extensively in traditional arts, especially in the form of [[gold leaf]] or gold foil. Expensive handscrolls are often painted on gold-flecked paper, and [[lacquerwares]] often incorporate sprinkled flecks of gold foil, a technique known as ''maki-e''. Gold foil is also commonly used as the backing for folding screens.