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To express the beauty of lacquer as described in 'In Praise of Shadows,' I would like to explore the possibilities of incorporating shadow puppet motifs, which consider the potential of being hidden in darkness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMessage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe lid of the author's box is shaped like a shadow, while the contents of the box are depicted using the maki-e technique to represent the body, matching the shadow's design. During Japan's Edo period, there was a genre of play art known as 'asobi-e.' This included hand shadow puppetry and body shadows used as entertainment at banquets or children's games. Additionally, there were cut-out shadow puppets, rotating lanterns, pictures attached to paper lanterns, and even ukiyo-e prints that enjoyed the unexpected interplay between substance and surprise, such as portraits depicting actors' shadows on shoji screens.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"LI Yiyan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45546302439636,"sku":"LI_01","price":300000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/4507\/5924\/files\/P1022757_AI_Extender.jpg?v=1724133376"},{"product_id":"makie-metronome-the-key","title":"Makie Metronome \"The Key\"","description":"\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJun'ichirō Tanizaki's \u003cem\u003e\"The Key\" \u003c\/em\u003eis a story of passion and desire, revolving around a husband and wife secretly reading each other's diaries. The novel was adapted into a film in 2022. The husband's diary is written in kanji and katakana, while the wife's diary is in kanji and hiragana, making it difficult to convey these differences in translation. The work has a strong connection to time, which is symbolically expressed in the design of the metronome, incorporating elements from the diaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMessage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe lid of the author's box is shaped like a shadow, while the contents of the box are depicted using the maki-e technique to represent the body, matching the shadow's design. During Japan's Edo period, there was a genre of play art known as 'asobi-e.' This included hand shadow puppetry and body shadows used as entertainment at banquets or children's games. 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The decorations on the exterior of the box recreate the opening scene of the story, \"The Aisin-Gioro Dynasty flourished and shone like the peonies in June.\" This piece doesn't capture the brilliance of the peonies at their peak but instead represents, through maki-e, the peonies that struggle to bloom in their final moments. I want to explore the differences in interpretation between the reader and the artisan. The flowing water motif inside the box is depicted in dark maki-e, while the peonies on the outside have an expression of decay. The scenery hidden behind the novel's descriptions is reinterpreted through maki-e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMessage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe peonies that bloom in June show the moment of their last remaining bloom. Their prime has long passed. The joys of the past are just memories. The best state has long ended. The greatest love is not necessarily something that lasts forever; rather, it is the ability to remember each other's past while being apart, filled with good memories, without regret, disappointment, complaints, or causing harm to one another.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"LI Yiyan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45546323574996,"sku":"LI_03","price":1680000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/4507\/5924\/files\/P1022674_AIExtender.jpg?v=1724134447"},{"product_id":"kanshitu-makie-box-lament-of-the-mermaid","title":"Kanshitu Makie Box \"Lament of the Mermaid\"","description":"\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe exterior maki-e decoration of this piece uses a technique that combines eggshell and maki-e, mimicking Terai Naoji’s work \"Fukikusa Makie Hirana-tsume.\" It recreates the depiction of \"flourishing and shining like the peonies in June.\" The interior of the box is decorated with a flowing water motif in gold powder maki-e. Tanizaki's novel tells a story set in Nanjing, China, as portrayed by a Japanese author, while this piece represents a traditional Japanese craft, the maki-e box, created by a Chinese artist. This work explores the possibility of a cross-generational dialogue in reverse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMessage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe exterior decoration of this dry lacquer maki-e box, \"Lament of the Mermaid,\" illustrates the progression of time as peonies gradually bloom, reach full bloom, and eventually fall. The interior is adorned with a flowing water motif in gold powder maki-e. In this world, there are no flowers that do not fall, nor people who do not pass away. 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