10～15世纪中日交往中的螺钿与雕漆

Abstract:From the 10th to 15th century，artifacts made of two kinds of Chinese techniques：mother-of-pearl and carved lacquer，once became state gifts in diplomacy between China and Japan. The mother-of-pearl technique in Japan exceeded that in China between the 10th to 12th century. Consequently，artifacts made of it became state gifts to China，not only demonstrating the power of Japan，but also expressing the unwillingness to join the tributary system of the Song Dynasty. From the 13th to 15th century，carved lacquerwares replaced mother-of-pearl lacquerwares and turned into the upper classes’ favorite lacquerwares in Japan. This kind of favor originally started from Zen monks and they often used carved lacquerwares as vessels for offerings. In the 15th century，shogun instead led the trend. The emperor Yongle sent large numbers of carved red lacquerwares to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and Yoshimitsu exhibited carved lacquerwares to the Mikado. Both of them strategically employed carved lacquer to demonstrate the legitimacy of regime. This paper attempts to discuss mother-of-pearl and carved lacquer in the perspective of diplomacy between China and Japan，and to reveal how they realized political functions through revivifying their interaction with Japan society.

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