乾かん漆しつ像ぞう

noun

dry lacquer statue

Technical term in Buddhist art and sculpture. Refers to a statue made by layering hemp cloth soaked in lacquer over a core, which is then removed.

• 奈な良ら時じ代だいの乾かん漆しつ像ぞうは、軽かるくて丈じょう夫ぶなのが特とく徴ちょうです。

  Dry lacquer statues from the Nara period are characterized by being light and durable.

• この博はく物ぶつ館かんには国こく宝ほうの乾かん漆しつ像ぞうが展てん示じされています。

  This museum exhibits a national-treasure dry lacquer statue.