The large tree towering on the right side of the screen has a texture created by repeatedly gluing wood powder with Japanese lacquer.
\nAt the time, this technique was used to increase the strength of armor and for design purposes.
\nThe mysterious red clouds floating in the background are an adaptation of a technique called negoro,
\nwhich creates a ridged cloud finish.
\nThe dragon is made of a combination of tilapia and ostrich leather and is pasted with gold leaf.
\nThe moon is made of gypsum glue and is lacquered. Many people think that applying lacquer to clay is heresy.<\/p>\n
The most famous ukiyo-e artist, Katsushika Hokusai, is engraved on the back. I looked at his dragon works and thought about what kind of dragon I would draw.
\n\uff0aUrushi is the sap that secretes and seeps out when a lacquer tree is cut. All living things, including plants, have an instinct to maintain their individuality. Currently, the most common use of lacquer is as a paint for tools, crafts, and art objects.
\n\uff0aNegoro is not simply a coating of vermilion lacquer, but rather a base coat of black lacquer is applied, and then a top coat of vermilion lacquer is applied to finish it off. This is a traditional technique that has been handed down since 1288.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryuta Shishikura<\/a>","protected":false},"author":2869,"featured_media":372021,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"o","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_cat":[425,180],"product_tag":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/371997"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=371997"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=371997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}