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The ornamental arts of Japan (1882)

Audsley, George Ashdown, 1838-1925, author, Greve, W. (Lithographer), printer, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, publisher, Imprimerie Lemercier et cie, printer · leaf 367

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LACQUER. Section Fourth. 6 of cream, is exposed to the sun for a few days without adding water, it loses its creamy colour, and becomes quite black, or nearly so, but also becomes thinner … A is the kawa-muki, a curved knife securely fixed in a long handle of wood. B is the veda-gama, a blade divided into two members, one of which is sharpened as a knife at its extremity, and the other is bent round so as to form a loop for cutting semicircular channels in the bark : it is fixed in a…

Art, Japanese · Art objects, Japanese · Arte (Japao) · Genealogy

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