Goldlackschachtel für Räucherwerk | anonym | 18.Jh. Götter Shibata Zeshin was the greatest

Shibata Zeshin was the greatest lacquer artist of the 19th century

inconspicuous name Okamoto has chosen a pleasant-sounding name (artist name): "Ryūdō" - "Dragon Hall"

Das Kopfprofil drückt mit den scharfen Augen Kraft und Konzentration aus

He is a historical figure

Goldlackschachtel für Räucherwerk | anonym | 18.Jh. Götter Shibata Zeshin was the greatestGold makie is the most precious lacquer technique: gold dust is "sprinkled" onto still wet lacquer makie literally means "sprinkled picture." This centuries old technique has been increasingly developed, so that we can also see semi plastic forms (e. g., relief like plum blossoms) in objects like this one. Through clever optical illusion, we even get the feeling that temple roofs project out of the picture plane. The motif of the decoration is the