Rhinoceros And Maki-E:the Inheritance And Evolution Of Lacquerware In China And Japan

The appearance of lacquer bow in The Quahuqiao site in Xiaoshan,Zhejiang Province,China,is the earliest lacquerware relic unearthed at present,dating back to 8000 years ago.The use of lacquer in Japan also dates back to the Jomon period.The prosperity of Chinese lacquer art originates from the leapfrog development of lacquer art during the Han Dynasty,while Japan began to learn Chinese lacquer art from the 6th century AD,and gradually developed the Japanese lacquer culture.As for the Ming and Qing dynasties,Japanese lacquer art can also reverse the influence of Chinese painters.Lacquer art of China and Japan is like different branches of a tree with the same root,which can be seen from the contemporary lacquerware inherited from the two countries.The contemporary lacquer art in China and Japan is rooted in tradition,and has developed its own path under the influence of each national culture,and makes its choice in the present.This paper tries to explore the inheritance and change of lacquer art through the lacquer ware of China and Japan.The first chapter analyzes the overall development of Chinese lacquerware,from lacquerware color image to craft inheritance,and at the end of this chapter through the analysis of gold lacquerware to continue the following;The second chapter discusses mito painting and mother-of-pearl lacquerware,Maki-e lacquerware of Japanese national treasure class and the marginal variable lacquerware art,mainly discusses the development of Maki-e lacquerware and Japanese lacquerware and its influence on Chinese contemporary lacquerware art.In the third chapter,the name,craft and texture of rhinoceros lacquerware will be discussed in detail,and then the lacquerware masters in Fuzhou and Huizhou will re-create rhinoceros lacquerware with contemporary techniques by learning Japanese lacquer painting or exploring the tradition in the predicament of missing many historical objects and being lost for a time.