堆つい朱しゅ

noun

red lacquerware with carved relief patterns

A traditional East Asian craft in which layers of red lacquer are built up and then carved to create raised designs. Often associated with Chinese and Japanese decorative arts.

• この堆つい朱しゅの盆ぼんは江え戸ど時じ代だいのものだ。

  This red carved-lacquer tray is from the Edo period.

• 美び術じゅつ館かんで堆つい朱しゅの技ぎ法ほうを学まなんだ。

  I learned about the technique of carved red lacquerware at the museum.