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‖ shakudo|ˈʃakudo|
[a. Japanese shakŭ dō, ad. an older form of Chinese ch‘ih t‘ung red copper.]
A Japanese alloy of copper and gold. Also attrib.
It is often subjected to a chemical process, which produces a blue patina.
1860S. B. Kemish Jap. Empire 114 The beautiful work called syakfdo, in which various metals are partly blended, partly combined, producing an effect much resembling fine enamel. 1878Jrnl. Applied Sci. Apr. IX. 61/2 The dark blue colour..is that of the Shakudo, composed of copper, and three or four per cent. of gold. 1911Encycl. Brit. XV. 179/2 To apply a lining of silver to a shakudo box. 1981G. MacBeth Kind of Treason ix. 91 The little black cups of the nanako on the shakudo grounds. |