Cleveland Museum of Art

Tray

Date: 1392–1573
Medium: Negoro lacquer on wood
Culture: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Department: Japanese Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art

Negoro is a lacquer technique (named after the Negoro temple in Japan) in which several layers of red lacquer are applied over a black lacquer undercoating. Through years of handling, a natural surface of red and black random patterns results.

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