32：Shizuoka lacquerware production
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Since the Edo period (1603–1868), Sunpu (present-day Shizuoka) has been a center of lacquerware production.
A distinctive feature was the combination of techniques such as marquetry, maki-e (gold lacquer), and raden (mother-of-pearl inlay) in a single piece. Finished pieces were shipped from Shizuoka to Nagasaki and exported abroad via Dejima.
After the end of Japan’s isolation, new styles of lacquerware were developed to suit international tastes. When Shimizu Port was designated as an international trading port in 1899, crafts produced in Shizuoka began to be exported from there.
While marquetry is widely associated with Hakone today, it originally developed in Shizuoka. However, urban fires and wartime air raids disrupted production in Shizuoka, and marquetry production eventually ceased. Few works now survive locally.
Many extant examples have been documented in collections overseas.
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