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.