Jepara carving

According to Legend 

Narrated an expert on sculpture and painting named Prabangkara who lived during the UB King of the Kingdom of Majapahit, at one time the king sent Prabangkara to paint the king's consort as an expression of his love for the queen who was very beautiful and fascinating.

Painting the empress without clothes that can be solved by Prabangkara perfectly and of course this makes King UB became suspicious because on certain body parts and secret there is a natural sign / there are also specialized in painting and the place / position and shape exactly. By a ruse, Prabangkara with all the equipment disposed tied to a kite that after laying up in the sky cut the rope.

In a state hovering chisel Prabangkara this fall in a village known as the Back Mountain near the town of Jepara.

In the small village north of Jepara town until now there are many high-quality craftsmen carving. But the origins of the carvings here whether it is correct due to the fall chisel Prabangkara, there are no historical data that supports it.

According to History

In the reign of Queen Kalinyamat, there is a duke named Sungging Badarduwung from Campa (Cambodia) turned out to sculpt an expert anyway. Now his duke it can still be seen at the Old Mosque and Mausoleum complex Kalinyamat Queen was built in XVI century.

The collapse of the Majapahit Kingdom has led to widespread Hindu scholars and artists to various parts of the first half of 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: Motive Majapahit, Bali, Mataram, Pajajaran, and growing in Jepara Jepara until now.