| 释义 |
sentoku|ˈsɛntoku|
[Jap.]
Originally, a Chinese bronze produced during the era (1426–35) of Emperor Hsüan of the Ming Dynasty; later, a golden-yellow Japanese bronze vessel made after the Chinese fashion; the bronze itself.
1902Encycl. Brit. XXIX. 722/2 A golden yellow bronze, called sentoku. 1904E. Dillon Porcelain vi. 92 Hsuan-te (1425–35)... This period gave its name to the famous pale bronze so admired in later days by the Japanese... The name Sentoku that they give to it is the Japanese reading of the characters forming this emperor's name. 1931Illustr. London News 15 Aug. 268/3 That..characteristic Japanese alloy, sentoku, a sort of yellow bronze which is very soft and resembles brass rather than bronze. 1968G. Savage Conc. Hist. Bronzes iv. 128 Sentoku, containing up to thirteen per cent of zinc, may have been used in the fifteenth century, and legend has it that vessels of this kind also contained gold. |