Shao, the representative figure of Qibao

In Meiji era, with the joint efforts of German applied chemist gottfried Wagner (183 1- 1892) and Japanese Qibao artists, Hirohiro Hiroshi and Tosuke Taochuan, Japanese Qibao entered a golden period of development.

He Hejing (1845- 1927), the third son of Gorkon Jiulang Uemon, the vassal of Musashi Jiuchuan Fan Yue (Saitama), was adopted by He Hejing, the courtier of Xiuren Temple Palace (1855), and his surname was changed to He He. Qibao Factory was established in Kyoto around the third year of Meiji (1870). In the sixth year of Meiji (1873), he successfully produced his first unique work by using the cable seven treasures technology of Changji, combined with his own black transparent glaze and exquisite gold and silver wire-clamping skills. In the seventh year of Meiji (1874), a disciple of Changji school, Sakamoto Jijie (1828- 1887), studied the Qibao technique and improved the glaze of Qibao under the guidance of German gottfried Wagner. The masterpiece "Flower and Bird Vase in Men in Black" participated in the 1900 Paris Expo and was collected by the royal family. Become a senior representative of the Seven Treasures in Meiji period. In the 29th year of Meiji (1896), he was appointed as an imperial craftsman together with Abe Taochuan, who was also active in Tokyo's wireless Qibao production field. In 2008, 14 1 works and 1622 related items such as pictures and tools collected by Hehejing Memorial Hall were listed as "national registered tangible cultural wealth" (Japanese material cultural heritage) with the title of "Seven Treasures of Hehejing". Yasuke Taochuan (1847— 19 10), a ceramic businessman, was born in Hejuan Village (now Xushi, Chiba County). In the tenth year of Meiji (1877), I was attracted by the charm of porcelain wares when I visited 1 domestic exhibitions, and I embarked on the road of making seven treasures. Two years later, in the twelfth year of Meiji (1879), based on the wired seven treasures, the wireless seven treasures equivalent to "painting enamel" were created. It gets rid of the metal wire of cloisonne, making the color transition of the pattern more natural and smooth, and more picturesque. His works won two awards, the Paris Expo in the 22nd year of Meiji (1889) and the domestic Expo in the 23rd year of Meiji (1890), and he was hired as an imperial craftsman. Representative works include Seven Treasures of Bird Pot (collected by Tokyo University of the Arts), Seven Treasures of Flower (collected by Japan Palace Hall) and Seven Treasures of Fu Yue, etc.