Fundamental Study on the Technique of Ceramic Repair Using Urushi Lacquer in Early Modern Japan

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K13020
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 01060:History of arts-related
• Research Institution: Administrative Agency for Osaka City Museums
• Principal Investigator: IWAO YUKIKO 地方独立行政法人大阪市博物館機構(大阪市立美術館、大阪市立自然史博物館、大阪市立東洋陶磁美術館、大阪, 大阪市立東洋陶磁美術館, 学芸員 (80838144)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 陶磁器 / 漆継ぎ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I focused on the technique of ceramic repair using urushi lacquer and attempted to overview its historical transition while organizing the cultural background regarding the reception of ceramics since the early modern period in Japan. Especially, I investigated the events that drew attention to tea ceremony utensils with repair marks in the mid-Edo period, and examined the possibility that they were influenced by changes in the tea ceremony of the same period, such as the movement of tea utensils and the increase in the tea ceremony population. Throughout the study, the process by which ceramic repairs evolved under the influence of the tea ceremony into something that had a significantly different meaning from that of the pre-medieval period became clear.

Free Research Field

美術史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、日本の陶磁史研究でこれまでにあまり重視されてこなかった陶磁器への補修について基礎的な調査を行うことにより、特に漆継ぎの歴史を概観しながら、日本の陶磁器受容の独自性を再考した。研究期間を通じ、日本国内の関連資料を調査し、現状の課題を把握することができた。今後、漆継ぎ以外の補修技法も対象に加え、補修痕跡をもつ出土遺物や補修時期の推定が可能な国外所在資料の調査を行うことで、研究の進展が見込まれる。