英語の後に日本語が続きます。
Carved from jade in 19th-century China during the Qing dynasty and housed at the Tokyo National Museum, this incense burner uses the qiaose technique—a style of carving that utilizes the stone's natural color variations to highlight the green of the jade.
Japanese schools teach Japanese and Western history rather than Asian history. So although Japanese people may know that the defeat of the Qing dynasty in the Opium War led to China being carved up by Western powers, they may not realize that Chinese art and crafts had developed to such a high level under that dynasty. Their exquisite beauty must have come at the expense of ordinary people, yet they still enchant me.
東京国立博物館所蔵の俏色工芸の一つ、「翡翠香炉」です。
もう一つ再認識したのが日本語のコンパクトさ。だって「翡翠香炉」は英語だと incense burner made of jade。二倍以上の長さです。よく「簡単に訳して」、「一言で」と頼まれますが無理です。漢字の奥深さ、一字が表す意味の多さにも感動しました!

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