There are, in the sculpture of the Meiji\nPeriod, not only wood and ivory carving, but also are other carving work such\nas choshitsu, in which dozens of layers of colored lacquer are painted onto a\nplain surface and then carved, and chogan, where various engraved materials are\ninlayed into wood or ivory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From ancient times people have carved wood,\nstone, bone, ivory, horn, and shell, and produced tools for daily life and\narmor, as well as various creations and decorations to be offered up to deities\nin religious ceremonies. Here in Japan as Buddhism flourished, carving\ntechniques developed mainly for use on its abundant fine wood in the carving of\nBuddhas or for architectural decoration, and by the Edo Period, professional\ncarvers of various kinds, including sculptors of Buddhist images and carvers\nfor shrines and temples as well as mask or netsuke craftsman, had appeared and\nvied with one another. After the Meiji Restoration, however, domestic demand\nunderwent a drastic change because of changes in manners and customs and the\nloss of patrons, with the result that many craftsmen were forced to turn to\nother fields. On the other hand, overseas markets opened up, and the remaining\ncarvers found a means of survival in producing netsuke for trade, which were\nhighly popular among Europeans and Americans. Therefore, ornaments in the form\nof realistically elaborated netsuke, genre style human figures depicting\npopular customs that reflected European and American tastes, and fancily\ndecorated furnishings were produced in large quantities to be shipped overseas.\nAnd with the opening domestically of national industrial exhibitions and\nvarious art fairs, Japan gradually regained its economic vigor, and great\nartists such as Asahi Gyokuzan, Ishikawa Komei and Takamura Koun emerged to\nflourish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This exhibit presents tsuishitsu lacquer\nworks of Tsuishu Yosei and Henmi Toyo and the chogan works of Asahi Gyokuzan\nand Tanaka Isshu, as well as the wood and ivory carvings of Takamura Koun,\nIshikawa Komei, and Ando Rokuzan. We hope that you appreciate this rare chance\nin Japan to view the diverse carving arts of the Meiji Period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":227,"template":"","class_list":["post-228","special_exhibition","type-special_exhibition","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","en-US"],"acf":{"spex_mv":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/\u660e\u6cbb\u306e\u5f6b\u523b_web.jpg","spex_date_start":"2015\/2\/21","spex_date_end":"2015\/5\/17","spex_date_start_cal":"2015-02-21","spex_date_end_cal":"2015-05-17","spex_contents":[{"spex_contents_img":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/\u677e\u7af9\u6885\u7f6e\u7269tc_web.jpg","spex_contents_thumb":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/\u677e\u7af9\u6885\u7f6e\u7269_sweb.jpg","spex_contents_txt":"Ivory carving \/ Pinecone, bamboo shoot and plum, Ando Ryokuzan"},{"spex_contents_img":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/\u885d\u7acbtc_web.jpg","spex_contents_thumb":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/\u885d\u7acb_sweb.jpg","spex_contents_txt":"Ivory carving \/ Small folding screen with gods and demons, Naito Kyokusho "},{"spex_contents_img":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/\u7d05\u8700\u8475\u306b\u8702\u9999\u5408tc_web.jpg","spex_contents_thumb":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/\u7d05\u8700\u8475\u306b\u8702\u9999\u5408_sweb.jpg","spex_contents_txt":"Laquer carving \/ Incense container with mallow and bee, Henmi Toyo"}],"spex_pdf":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/special_exhibition\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/special_exhibition"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/special_exhibition"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}