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As you see, a monkey
reached his long hand and tries to get the moon onthe reflection
pond.
This monkey misunderstands the reflected moon as real one
and it is called "Enko-sokuen-zu".
We can see this picture at
'Konchi-in' temple in Kyoto. (this picture is one of the important
Japanese culture heritages.
This Fusuma-e (Japanese traditional
sliding door ) is welknown because this was drawn by Tohaku Hasegawa
(1529-1610).
However the composition itself was transmitted from
old China .
A picture of Fusuma-e (Japanese traditional
sliding door) at Konchi-in temple -Kyoto- |
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Since
this original picture of a sliding door was drawn by
a tiny brush
pen , Nakaya craftmen were required to
describe each tiny hair by
Maki-e on the small pen barrel.
It took over 6 months to
complete and deliver to the
customer. Monkey's hair is brought
close to the feeling of
quality of the "Sumi-e "(Indian-ink
drawing) one by one by
a very detailed "Ke-bori" technique (hair
engraving).
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| Technique |
The craftsman draws a monkey's
picture with urushi and sprinkles carbon powder.
Afterwards,
rubs urushi on it and sharpens the monkey.
Lastly, engraves fine
lines on a lacquered surface, rubs and polishes it.
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