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1 Have you ever broken your favorite cup and thrown it
修復できません。 In
away? Broken pottery cannot usually be repaired.
Japan, however, there is a traditional technique that
allows broken pottery to continue to be used. It is called
kintsugi.
金継ぎ
2 Kintsugi is said to have been developed by Hon'ami
Koetsu, a craftsman and artist of the Edo period. When
a tea bowl cracked during firing, Koetsu fixed the pieces
together with lacquer and applied gold to the join.
Repaired by this kintsugi technique, the tea bowl held 10
water without leaking.
3 Kintsugi does not try to hide repair work. The gold
joins stand out, adding new beauty to the repaired
pottery. One of the tea bowls that Koetsu repaired by
雪峰せっぽう
kintsugi is called Seppo, "Snow Ridge." Koetsu compared 15
the white glaze on the bowl to a snowy mountain and the
gold joins to streams of melted snow.
4 Kintsugi combines two features of the Japanese spirit.
One is mottainai, the valuing of things we use; and the
other is the appreciation of beauty in everyday things. As 20
an expression of the Japanese spirit, kintsugi is attracting
wider attention not only at home but also overseas.
way
13. *stand out
9. join の意味は?
(1) T/F (2) T/F (3) T/F
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ほんこうえつ
Koetsu 本阿弥光悦 (1558-1637)
ぼう
雪峰
しょうせい
8. firing far(a)ng/ 焼成 陶器を焼くこと
うるし
