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Nashiji|nəˈʃiːdʒɪ|
Also Nashidji and with lower-case initial.
[Jap., lit. ‘pear ground’.]
A Japanese lacquer containing gold or silver flakes. Also, the technique of decorating with this lacquer. Also attrib.
1881J. J. Quin in Trans. Asiatic Soc. of Japan IX. 6 The kind of powdered gold lacquer called nashiji, from its resemblance to the spotted skin of a pear, was introduced about the beginning of the 10th century. Ibid. 7 The groundwork of this box is thick nashiji, inlaid with various coloured shells. 1889J. J. Rein Industries of Japan iii. iii. 352 Nashi-ji gets its name ‘pear ground’ from its use in a kind of surface decoration with coarse gold powder or its bronze substitute, which is said to be an imitation in colour of the Japanese pears. Ibid. 368 Nashi-ji is one of the most frequent and popular modes of surface decoration. The fine particles of gold dust and foil have at first a brownish yellow colour, but always with age become brighter and more brilliant, because of the greater transparency of the lacquer varnish. 1904S. Hartmann Japanese Art vii. 247 At the beginning of the tenth century, the Nashidji lacquer, of a yellowish orange colour, sprinkled with gold. 1911J. F. Blacker ABC of Japanese Art ix. 176 Now all Nashiji on articles intended for exportation is applied by workers in plain lacquer. The best Nashiji, the best Togi-dashi, the best Honji, have the first twenty-two processes alike. 1957Encycl. Brit. XIII. 575/2 In Japanese lacquer, the following are the chief processes used:—Nashiji (pear-skin), small flakes of gold or silver sunk to various depths in the lacquer [etc.] 1975Country Life 10 Apr. 907/1 The chests..were..in Hiramakie in gold and grey lacquer on a Nashiji ground... Nashiji (pearskin) is a technique which can be traced back to ad 905, employing small flakes of gold and silver foil at different levels in the lacquer. |