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Source Description
Negoro is a lacquer technique (named after the Negoro temple in Japan) in which several layers of red lacquer are applied over a black lacquer undercoating. Through years of handling, a natural surface of red and black random patterns results.
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Document identity
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147415
label
Tray
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object
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1
Source metadata
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147415
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object
title
Tray
description
Negoro is a lacquer technique (named after the Negoro temple in Japan) in which several layers of red lacquer are applied over a black lacquer undercoating. Through years of handling, a natural surface of red and black random patterns results.
date
1392–1573
citation
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79926455
genreSpecific
Lacquer
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.); Overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
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Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
accession
1973.16
Source extras
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Negoro lacquer on wood
tombstone
Tray, 1392–1573. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Negoro lacquer on wood; diameter: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.); overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1973.16
collection
Japanese Art
citations
citation
“The Year in Review for 1973.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 61, no. 2 (February 1974): 31–79.
page_number
Mentioned: no. 201, p. 79
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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c3cd688e04fb48c39f96e7cc354c0980
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2026-06-18 21:17:44.813000
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147415
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Negoro lacquer on wood
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0
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photo
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