shakudo

English

Etymology

From Japanese 赤銅.

Noun

shakudo (uncountable)

  1. A billon of gold and copper that can be treated to form a dark indigo patina resembling lacquer.
    • 2024 May 16, Jill Newman, “When Form(s) Follows Function”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      The recipe for shakudo is unknown; each Japanese metalsmith had his own secret recipe.
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