kyoucho　夾紵

KEY WORD :　art history / sculptures

The Chinese term for the dry lacquer technique, pronounced jiazhu in Chinese. In ancient Japanese documents dry lacquer was referred to as *soku 即, but the term *kanshitsu 乾漆 is used today. Coffins made in the dry lacquer technique were called kyouchokan 夾紵棺.

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