gofun

(noun)

A smooth, porcelain-like substance made from ground oyster shell.

Related Terms

  • lacquer
  • temari
  • Edo
  • Hinamatsuri

Examples of gofun in the following topics:

  • Crafts in the Edo Period

    • They can be made of many materials, but the classic hina doll has a pyramidal body of elaborate, many-layered textiles stuffed with straw and/or wood blocks; carved wood hands (and in some cases feet) covered with gofun; a head of carved wood or molded wood compo covered with gofun, with set-in glass eyes (though before about 1850, the eyes were carved into the gofun and painted); and human or silk hair.
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