Ukiyo-e Master Katsushika Hokusai Style - Kaifeng Kuaiqing Lacquer Plate (Green)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese: Katsushika Hokusai / かつしかほくさい October 31, 1760 - May 10, 1849), whose real name is Nakajima Shitaro, was born in Edo (now Tokyo) in 1760, in the late Edo period in Japan The Ukiyo-e painter, the representative figure of Japan's political culture. Hokusai created a series of landscape paintings "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" based on the appearance of Mount Fuji from different angles, and became famous for this. The most famous of the series are "Kai Feng Qing Qing" and "The Great Wave off Kanagawa". This work uses boxwood as the material, uses natural lacquer to cover it with multiple layers, and then polishes it one by one. Under the ingenious design of the master, pure gold powder, pure silver powder, shell snail, eggshell, sea sand, Gemstone powder...etc. Wait. It takes time to wait for each layer of paint to dry until it can be polished and the humidity in the space is stable. Through continuous polishing, the natural lacquer texture can be displayed, and thematic lacquer paintings can be made. Each piece takes at least three months and is entirely handcrafted. The origin of "lacquer" is "桼", which takes the pictogram of cutting the sap from the tree; it means that the sap of the lacquer tree can be used for coating. Utensils painted with natural raw lacquer are called lacquerware. Lacquer is the sap from the perennial deciduous tree lacquer tree. It is a highly viscous colloid with functions such as adhesion, hardening and waterproofing. The ancestors used the physical and chemical properties of lacquer to protect and decorate the daily life utensils. Since the paint itself is a kind of paint, it has the function of painting, the paint surface can present bright colors and warm and bright texture, and because the paint has both antibacterial, anti-corrosion, acid and alkali resistance, heat resistance, insulation, waterproof, no deterioration, The characteristics of no fading and no peeling can be described as high-quality craft materials, which are not comparable to ordinary artificial paints. Because lacquer is a liquid, it must have an external shape for attachment and hardening before it can become a fixed-shaped object. Size 70cm*20cm*3cm Customized sizes and graphics are also accepted. Different sizes and designs have different prices. Half of the deposit is required in advance! Interested parties please private message the Design Museum.