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''Hakue'' involved simply placing pieces of gold leaf atop lacquered surface, while ''chinkin'' techniques (lit. "submerged/sunken gold") involved carving into the lacquered surface, and then filling in the space with gold leaf or gold powder. Chinese techniques of lacquer carving never took off in Ryûkyû, but instead, techniques of building up designs in relief using a lacquer putty, called ''[[tsuikin]]''<!--堆錦-->, became a distinctive element of Ryukuyan lacquerwares. Ryûkyû lacquer also often made use of basketry skeletons for boxes and other objects.
''Hakue'' involved simply placing pieces of gold leaf atop lacquered surface, while ''chinkin'' techniques (lit. "submerged/sunken gold") involved carving into the lacquered surface, and then filling in the space with gold leaf or gold powder. Chinese techniques of lacquer carving never took off in Ryûkyû, but instead, techniques of building up designs in relief using a lacquer putty, called ''[[tsuikin]]''<!--堆錦-->, became a distinctive element of Ryukuyan lacquerwares. Ryûkyû lacquer also often made use of basketry skeletons for boxes and other objects.
Built around a core of ''[[deigo]]'' wood, Ryukyuan lacquerwares were traditionally exceptionally lightweight. In modern times, however, the wood of the ''gajumaru'' ([[banyan]] tree) has replaced the use of ''deigo''.<ref>Guided tour at Okinawa Rekishi Minzoku Shiryôkan, Nago, Okinawa, Sept 19, 2014.</ref>
Lacquerware objects, especially with mother-of-pearl inlay, were common [[tribute]] or gift items sent to both China and Japan; an entire office, the ''[[kaizuri bugyo|kaizuri bugyô]]'' ("Mother-of-Pearl Magistrate") was dedicated to overseeing the production of these and other objects.
Lacquerware objects, especially with mother-of-pearl inlay, were common [[tribute]] or gift items sent to both China and Japan; an entire office, the ''[[kaizuri bugyo|kaizuri bugyô]]'' ("Mother-of-Pearl Magistrate") was dedicated to overseeing the production of these and other objects.
*Failla, Donatella. "[http://venus.unive.it/okinawa/en/sunti/failla.html Ryukyu lacquerware in the Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art, Genoa]." Abstract for presentation at 5th International Conference on Okinawan Studies, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, 14-16 September 2006.
*Failla, Donatella. "[http://venus.unive.it/okinawa/en/sunti/failla.html Ryukyu lacquerware in the Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art, Genoa]." Abstract for presentation at 5th International Conference on Okinawan Studies, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, 14-16 September 2006.
*Gallery labels, Naha City Museum of History, August 2013.
*Gallery labels, Naha City Museum of History, August 2013.
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