沈ちん金きん

noun

gold-inlaid lacquerware; chinkin

A traditional Japanese lacquerware technique where grooves are carved into the lacquer surface and filled with gold powder or leaf. Often associated with Wajima lacquerware.

• 輪島塗わじまぬりの沈ちん金きんは、細こまかい線せんで文もん様ようを描えがく技ぎ法ほうです。

  Chinkin in Wajima lacquerware is a technique of drawing patterns with fine lines.

• この沈ちん金きんの盆ぼんは、金きん粉ぷんで花はなが表ひょう現げんされている。

  This chinkin tray has flowers depicted with gold powder.