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| *Japanese: 漆絵 ''(urushie)'' | | *Japanese: 漆絵 ''(urushie)'' |
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| ''Urushi-e'', literally meaning "[[lacquer]] picture," refers to two types of [[Japanese art]]works: paintings painted with actual lacquer, and particular [[woodblock printing]] styles which use regular ink but are said to resemble the darkness and thickness of black lacquer. | | ''Urushi-e'', literally meaning "[[lacquer]] picture," refers to two types of [[Japanese art]]works: paintings painted with actual lacquer, and particular [[woodblock printing]] styles which use regular ink but are said to resemble the darkness and thickness of black lacquer. |
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| ==Paintings== | | ==Paintings== |
− | In painting, the term refers to the use of colored lacquers, produced by mixing pigments with clear lacquer. The use of colored lacquer for painting goes back to the prehistoric [[Jomon Period|Jômon period]], and became especially popular in the [[Nara period]] (8th c.), when a great many works were made using red lacquer against a black background. Until the 19th century, however, the use of natural pigments restricted the colors accessible to artists to red, black, yellow, green, and light brown. | + | In painting, the term refers to the use of colored lacquers, produced by mixing pigments with clear lacquer. The use of colored lacquer for painting goes back to the prehistoric [[Jomon Period|Jômon period]], and became especially popular in the [[Nara Period]] (8th c.), when a great many works were made using red lacquer against a black background. Until the 19th century, however, the use of natural pigments restricted the colors accessible to artists to red, black, yellow, green, and light brown. |
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| Artist [[Shibata Zeshin]] (1807-1891) is particularly famous for his innovations in this regard, and was perhaps the first to use lacquer not just as a decorative element (in painting boxes, furniture, and pottery) but as a medium for painted scrolls. Zeshin experimented extensively with various substances, which he mixed with lacquer to create a variety of effects, including simulating the appearance of various metals (iron, gold, bronze, copper), and imitating the appearance and texture of Western oil painting. | | Artist [[Shibata Zeshin]] (1807-1891) is particularly famous for his innovations in this regard, and was perhaps the first to use lacquer not just as a decorative element (in painting boxes, furniture, and pottery) but as a medium for painted scrolls. Zeshin experimented extensively with various substances, which he mixed with lacquer to create a variety of effects, including simulating the appearance of various metals (iron, gold, bronze, copper), and imitating the appearance and texture of Western oil painting. |
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| *''This article was written by [[User:LordAmeth]] and contributed to both the Samurai-Archives Wiki and Wikipedia; the author gives permission for his work to be used in this way.'' | | *''This article was written by [[User:LordAmeth]] and contributed to both the Samurai-Archives Wiki and Wikipedia; the author gives permission for his work to be used in this way.'' |
| *[http://www.aisf.or.jp/%7Ejaanus/deta/u/urushie.htm Urushi-e] at [[JAANUS]]. | | *[http://www.aisf.or.jp/%7Ejaanus/deta/u/urushie.htm Urushi-e] at [[JAANUS]]. |
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