English
maki-e
Maki-e comes from Japanese 蒔絵 ‘maki-e: decorative lacquerware technique where…’.
- Japanesemodern蒔絵maki e‘maki-e: decorative lacquerware technique where powdered gold or silver is sprinkled onto…’literally ‘sown picture; scatter picture’
- Englishearliest quotation 1975maki-e
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Japanesemodern蒔絵maki e‘maki-e: decorative lacquerware technique where powdered gold or silver is sprinkled onto…’literally ‘sown picture; scatter picture’
- Englishearliest quotation 1975maki-e
Earliest quotation: 1975, Patricia Salmon, A Guide to Japanese Antiques: “Although indigenous to Japan as a technique, early maki-e…”
The story
Borrowed from Japanese 蒔絵 (maki e, literally “sown picture; scatter picture”).
Every English word from Japanese 蒔絵
Today it means
noun A style of Japanese lacquerware made with gold or silver sprinkled on wet lacquer.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 蒔絵 / maki-e