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1. Aragata (Approximate Pattern)
The wood is carved into a very rough bowl shape and smoked and dried. |
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2. Arabiki (Approximate Carving)
This raw piece is carved into a coarse bowl which is a little bigger than the actual, finished work. It is then smoked and dried again. |
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3. Kiji (Core)
The outside, the inside, and the bottom of the bowl are then turned on a lathe. |
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4. Kijigatame (Hardening the Core)
Kokuso (a mixture of crude lacquer, Zelkova tree powder, and rice glue) is used to reinforce joints and fill any gaps in the core, and this piece is soaked thoroughly with crude lacquer. |
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5. Nunokise (Pasting Cloth)
Cloth is pasted onto fragile parts such as the rim or
the bottom. |
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6. Somijitsuke (Application of Somi
Lacquer)
Somi lacquer is applied to fill the gaps between the
cloth and the wood. |
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7. Ippenjitsuke (First Application of Ji)
The entire core is repeatedly coated with crude lacquer mixed with jinoko and rice glue. |
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8. Ippenjitogi (First polishing)
The bowl is polished and smoothed with a whetstone, and
dust is removed. |
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9. Sannpenjitsuke (Third Application
of Ji)
An undercoating of the finest jinoko is applied over
the entire core. |
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10. Jitogi (Polishing of Ji)
After the third coating is dry, the entire bowl is polished
using water and a whetstone. |
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11. Nakanuri (Intermediate Coatings)
The bowl is coated with Nakanuri lacquer, which will
soak into the undercoating and strengthen it. It is then put in a "nushi
bath" for drying. |
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12. Nakanuritogi (Polishing of Nakanuri)
The bowl is polished using water and a blue whetstone or Suruga charcoal.
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13. Uwanuri (Finish coatings)
The bowl is carefully coated with the best quality lacquer so that there will be no trace of brush strokes.
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14. Roiro
The surface of the bowl is polished with Roiro charcoal. Then it is soaked in crude lacquer and polished repeatedly.
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15. Maki-e
Pictures are drawn on the bowl with colored lacquer. Before the lacquer is dry, powdered gold or silver is scattered over the pictures.
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16. Chinkin
Pictures are carved into the bowl and lacquer is applied
to the carving. Then gold leaf is placed on this and pressed firmly into
the grooves. |
