堆つい錦きん

noun

Ryūkyūan lacquerware technique; tsuikin

A traditional Ryūkyūan craft technique in which a design made of pigmented lacquer is pasted onto a lacquered surface, creating a raised, inlaid effect.

• 堆つい錦きんは琉りゅう球きゅう漆しっ器きの代だい表ひょう的てきな技ぎ法ほうの一ひとつです。

  Tsuikin is one of the representative techniques of Ryūkyūan lacquerware.

• このお盆ぼんは堆つい錦きんで装そう飾しょくされています。

  This tray is decorated with tsuikin.