Japan: its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 172
ed in Japan, but thatthe secret of its manufacture is now unknown. Since my return from Japan I have given much thought tothe lacquer industries, and I have been enabled to send outmaterial which has again brought about the production of purplelacquer ; thus a lost art has been revived. i ART, AND… … Fig. 50.—Buddhist Monstrance. This was presented to a temple in Japan by Prince Mamayado,the son of a Chinese emperor, in the year a.d. 622. The name Mamayado means door of astable, as this prince was born in a stable. A shows the side view of the upper part. while in another are small metallic…
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