学術雑誌論文

本学関連学会

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デザイン理論. 2025, 86, p. 7-21

日本語

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2025-08-07

学術論文

Zohiko is known as a traditional lacquerware company that has been based in Kyoto for over 350 years. This study aims to clarify the position of Zohiko in the history of Japanese lacquerware by exploring the achievements of Nishimura Hikobei and their works. Specifically, this study focuses on the period from the founding of Zogeya in 1661 (the predecessor of Zohiko) to the time of Nishimura Hikobei IV (1808-1875), in the Edo period. When Zogeya was founded in 1661, its founder, Yasui Shichibei, started a shop selling Chinese goods, which he named Zogeya. In 1756, Nishimura Hikobei I (1720-1773) opened a lacquerware shop as a branch of the Zogeya company. Over time, the Nishimura family expanded the business by catering to an upper-class clientele. By the time of Nishimura Hikobei IV (1808-1875), the lacquerware shop had become the representative branch of the Zogeya company. The study reveals that there are few surviving works from Zogeya or Nishimura Hikobei during the Edo period. This fact suggests that Hikobei IV did not follow the tradition of signing works, as he operated not as an artist but as a supervisor in the lacquerware industry, where division of labor was common. Moreover, the documents such as the Kakun and Uchiwachu Shikimoku reflect the domestic structured efforts to maintain internal order and external relations, while the Machishikimoku of Nakanocho attests to the status as a prominent local merchant house. These records indicate that sustained, organized lacquerware production rooted in Kyoto, contributed significantly to the development of Lacquerware industry in the Edo period.

10.18910/102489

102489

近世における京の漆器業の発展と象彦 : 江戸時代後期から幕末期までの歴代西村彦兵衛の業績

星野, 祥子

意匠学会

日本語

2025-08-07

デザイン理論

86

7

21

https://hdl.handle.net/11094/102489

10.18910/102489

https://doi.org/10.18910/102489