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Shield with Flowering Plants in Makie
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- HK42
Photo No：90-2217-1
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| Title | Shield with Flowering Plants in Makie |
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| Category | Lacquerware (H) |
| Country | Japan |
| Period | Edo |
| Century | 17th |
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| Quantity | |
| Materials | Lacquered leather with makie (sprinkled metallic powder) decoration |
| Dimensions | Diameter 58.8cm Height 10.0cm |
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Originally a leather shield brought over from Bengal, India, this shield (J., tate) was exported to Europe after having been decorated with makie in Japan. It is an example of a type of lacquerware known as Kômô shikki, the name of which comes from Kômô jin (literally "people of red hair"), a reference to the Dutch and English who were heavily involved in trade between Japan and Europe after the ban on Christianity in Japan. The decoration of takamakie ("raised makie") on spacious black lacquered ground is one of features of Kômô shikki. There are still a number of examples of this type found in castles all over Europe. This shield, of course, is ornamental, and not an actual weapon.
Japan-Edo