Aesthetic Study of Japanese Traditional Mokume Gane Pattern

The Mokume Gane technique originated in the Edo period of Japan was spread to the west after Meiji restoration. It has been developed for about 400 years with the dedication of Mokume Gane fans from Britain, America, Australia and other countries. With the industrial revolutions from the 1860s to the early 20th century, the west took the two key elements of traditional Japanese Mokume Gane, metal substrate fusion and pattern molding to a whole new level with its leading technology and equipment, which also made this dying traditional craft back to life. But, with the rapid development of the Mokume Gane technique in the western countries, the most primitive humanistic connotation in it has also changed obviously. With the maturity of the technology, western aesthetics and culture have led to the gradual "Westernization" of the oriental aesthetics that contain in Mokume Gane, resulting in an amazing "flow" change. This paper focuses on the evolution and development of the Japanese traditional Mokume Gane pattern and attempts to explore the original meaning of Japanese traditional Mokume Gane. Through the analysis of the development of Shoami Debbie's work, this paper restores the source of Mokume Gane in the long history and displays the Japanese-style humanistic thought and aesthetic view contained in it.