History of Carving, Sculpting and Jepara Furniture
Narrated an expert on sculpture and painting named Prabangkara who lived during King of the Kingdom of Majapahit UB, at one time the king sent Prabangkara to paint the king's consort as an expression of his love for the queen a very beautiful and fascinating.
Painting the empress without clothes that can be solved by Prabangkara perfectly and of course this makes the King UB became suspicious because on certain body parts, and secret there is a natural sign / that there are also specialized in painting and the place / position and shape exactly. By a ruse, Prabangkara with all the equipment disposed of in a way tied to a kite that after the laying-up in the sky cut the rope.
In these circumstances hovering Prabangkara chisel fell in a village known as the Back Mountain near the town of Jepara. In the small village north of the town of Jepara is until now there are many highly qualified craftsmen carving. But the origin of the engraving here whether it is correct due to the fall chisel Prabangkara, there are no historical data to support it.
1. In the reign of Queen Kalinyamat, there is a duke named Sungging Badarduwung from Campa (Cambodia) turned out to sculpt an expert anyway. Until now the duke's work can still be seen at the Old Mosque and Mausoleum complex Kalinyamat Queen was built in XVI century.
2. The collapse of the Majapahit Kingdom has led to the spread of Hindu scholars and artists to different areas of the first half of the XVI century. In the development, these artists continue to develop her skills by adjusting the identity in the new area so timbulah various regional motifs such as: Motives Majapahit, Balinese, Mataram, Pajajaran, and Jepara that developed in Jepara until now.
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