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Three techniques that all cut into built-up lacquer; the province has produced an unusual number of Living National Treasures in them.
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Kagawa lacquerware is lacquerware produced in Kagawa Prefecture. It is sometimes also called Sanuki lacquerware or Takamatsu lacquerware. It began in 1638 (15th year of Kan'ei) in the first half of the Edo period, when Matsudaira Yorishige, who entered the Takamatsu Domain from the Mito Tokugawa family, was deeply versed in lacquerware and carving and promoted them. At the end of the Edo period, Tamakaji Zokoku devised his own techniques from studying continental lacquer techniques such as carved lacquer (choshitsu), kinma and zonsei, and eventually laid the foundation of Kagawa lacquer art.
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Founded / opened：1830s Highlights / collection：Kinma, Zonsei, Carved lacquer Genre：Lacquer art
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