乾かん漆しつ造ぞう

noun

dry lacquer technique; kanshitsu

A traditional Japanese technique for creating objects such as vessels, sculptures, and statues by layering hemp cloth soaked in lacquer over a mold. The term is used in art history and craft contexts.

• 奈な良ら時じ代だいの仏ぶつ像ぞうには乾かん漆しつ造ぞうの技ぎ法ほうが多おおく用もちいられた。

  The dry lacquer technique was often used for Buddhist statues in the Nara period.

• この乾かん漆しつ造ぞうの花か瓶びんは非ひ常じょうに軽かるくて丈じょう夫ぶだ。

  This dry-lacquer vase is very light and durable.