kintsugi
Sign in to savethumb|Repair work (right) on Mishima ware -type tea bowl with kintsugi gold lacquer, 16th century thumb|Small repair (top) on Nabeshima ware dish with [[hollyhock design, over-glaze enamel, 18th century, Edo period]]
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- History
- Philosophy
- Materials and types of joinery
- Influence
- Related techniques
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Repair work (right) on Mishima ware -type tea bowl with kintsugi gold lacquer, 16th century thumb|Small repair (top) on Nabeshima ware dish with [[hollyhock design, over-glaze enamel, 18th century, Edo period]]
Kintsugi (/kɪnˈtsuːɡi/, Japanese: 金継ぎ, [kʲint͡sɯɡʲi], lit. "golden joinery"), also known as , is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with urushi lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. The method is similar to the technique. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.