rantai shikki　籃胎漆器

KEY WORD :　art history / crafts

The technique wherby bamboo strips are woven into shapes and coated with lacquer. Also called kagoji 籠地 (basket base) when a basket is made with peeled bamboo or vines and lacquered. Made in Han period China and late Joumon period Japan, there are examples in the Shousouin 正倉院. It is still made in Thailand and Burma and, in modern Japan, in Takamatsu 高松, Kurume 久留米 and Beppu 別府.

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