Marquetry japanese (yosegi-zaiku - 寄木細工)
Yosegi-zaiku is a Japanese technique of parquetry which dates from the Edo period. Yosegi-zaiku parquetry is made differently than Western parquetry. Sticks of woods of different colours are glued together to form a block which section is then cut in very thin slices forming a design. Yosegi-zaiku parquetry is a speciality of Hakone region.
One of the most famous item decorated with this technique is a puzzle box ('himitsu-bako') which can only be opened by using a certain number of secret movements.
A 'himitsu-bako' puzzle box with yosegi-zaiku parquetry
The 'himitsu-bako' technique uses thin layers cut from a block of glued sticks of different colour woods
External links :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosegi
http://ginkgraph.net/articles/products/hakone-yosegi-zaiku.html
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