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Definition of Shakudo
1. n. An alloy of copper, invented by the Japanese, having a very dark blue color approaching black.
Definition of Shakudo
1. alloy [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shakudo
Literary usage of Shakudo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Temple Treasures of Japan by Garrett Chatfield Pier (1914)
"Bronze (shakudo). Attendant of Same. Yakushiji, Nara. "Nippon Seikwa." Fig. 30.
... "Nippon Seikwa." Fig. 32. Pedestal of Figure 29. Bronze (shakudo). ..."
2. Catalogue of Specimens of Japanese Lacquer and Metal Work Exhibited in 1894 by Burlington Fine Arts Club, William Anderson, Arthur Herbert Church, Edward Gilbertson, Edward Dillon (1894)
"Silver and shakudo : elliptical rings grooved radially. ... shakudo, nanako :
chrysanthemum in gold imitating brocade ; a gold dragon on edge. 37. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Perhaps the choicest variety is gold graining in a shakudo field. ... Another feat
of his was to apply a lining of silver to a shakudo box by shaping and ..."
4. Catalogue of Objects Loaned by Mr. John W. Bookwalter to the Cincinnati by Cincinnati Museum Association (1893)
"These are commonly iron, gold and silver; shakudo, gold and silver; bronze, ...
The very dark, almost black, metal is shakudo; .the lighter grey is the ..."
5. Notes on Shippo: A Sequel to Japanese Enamels by James Lord Bowes (1895)
"The object is of shakudo, and is ornamented with the cap worn by nobles, known
as kammuri, ... It is of shakudo, with a delicately grained surface, ..."
6. Japan, Its History, Arts, and Literature by Frank Brinkley (1902)
"100.01 Trace Trace 99-^9 — — 99-74 — — 99-75 — — 99-71 — — 99-84 — — 99.82 Another
alloy peculiar to Japan and of at least equal importance with shakudo for ..."
7. Report of the Proceedings of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of (1891)
"APPENDIX B TO THE PAPER ON JAPANESE SWORDS. shakudo. ... shakudo has a purplish
black color. shakudo is written with characters that mean red copper; ..."
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