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Suzuki Chokichi 鈴木長吉
1848 - 1919
Metal craftsman
鈴木 長吉(すずき ちょうきち)
嘉永元年8月15日(1848年9月12日) - 大正8年(1919年)1月29日)
日本の金工家。
本名は鈴木嘉幸(かこう)。 His real name was Suzuki Kakoo.
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source : tougyou
This huge piece is now in posession is Swizzerland, if I remember well.
It takes a few people to assemble the various parts of this masterwork, a bronze stand for incense, about 2 meters high.
Each part is decorated finely with patterns and motives, like small animals in the waves.
The original is made with a special wax preparation, then covered in a non-meltable substance to produce a form for the melted metal to be poored in.
roogata chuukin 蝋型鋳金
After the casting, it has to be reworked and polished to make the various joints invisible.
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The 12 Hawks 十二の鷹
Chokichi worked 4 years to complete them.
They look almost alive and ready to take off any moment.
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Look here for more masterpieces of metalwork, of the Bakumatsu / Meiji period of Japan.
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Most of the metal work was done under government protection for export, after the Paris exhibitions created an interest in Japanese artwork.
The Paris Exposition of 1867
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Flying Dragon and Pearls 飛龍青銅
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made about 1877
總高五尺 飛龍青銅 岩朱銅 玉大小水晶
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Onchin Zuroku 温知図録
東京国立博物館
In posession of the Tokyo National Museum
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shibuichi taka-zoogan 四分一高象眼 relief inlay
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幕末・明治の超絶技巧
Craftsmen of the Bakumatsu and Meiji period
Click on the image for more of the metal work of this period.
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