He was famous for fine wood working, such as Kurimono (hollowed out objects) and Sashimono (traditional wood crafts using no metal nails), and fine Japanese lacquer art, such as Kanshitsu (a technique of applying lacquer repeatedly to the core that is made of hemp) and Raden (a technique in which materials such as mother-of-pearl are cut into a design and then applied to an object covered with lacquer). |
刳物、指物などの木工と乾漆、螺鈿などの漆芸で幅広く知られる。 |