I repaired the chip in the wooden urushi lacquerware using kintsugi technique.
March 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I repaired the chip in the wooden urushi lacquerware using kintsugi technique.
November 16, 2024 at 5:36 AM
This is my JIKIRO series, which I created 10 years ago and exhibited for sale in New York. The design expresses the shape of dorayaki, a traditional Japanese confection, in lacquerware form. It can be used in various ways, such as storing sweets or small items.
January 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
This is my JIKIRO series, which I created 10 years ago and exhibited for sale in New York. The design expresses the shape of dorayaki, a traditional Japanese confection, in lacquerware form. It can be used in various ways, such as storing sweets or small items.
The Wanko Kyodai, lacquerware bowl siblings full of local delicacies from Iwate Prefecture, are in Tokyo today.
January 17, 2024 at 2:29 AM
The Wanko Kyodai, lacquerware bowl siblings full of local delicacies from Iwate Prefecture, are in Tokyo today.
Lelang lacquerware refers to lacquerware produced in Lelang Commandery, which was established by the Han Dynasty and existed in the northern Korean Peninsula from 108 BCE to 313 CE. Due to its location in North Korea, research on these artifacts has been discontinued.
January 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Lelang lacquerware refers to lacquerware produced in Lelang Commandery, which was established by the Han Dynasty and existed in the northern Korean Peninsula from 108 BCE to 313 CE. Due to its location in North Korea, research on these artifacts has been discontinued.
Speaking of masterpieces of urushi-lacquerware featuring persimmons, this five-tiered jubako (stacking box) by Zeshin is exemplary. It is housed in the MET.
Tiered Food Box with Summer and Autumn Fruits
Shibata Zeshin Japanese
Tiered Food Box with Summer and Autumn Fruits
Shibata Zeshin Japanese
December 7, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Speaking of masterpieces of urushi-lacquerware featuring persimmons, this five-tiered jubako (stacking box) by Zeshin is exemplary. It is housed in the MET.
Tiered Food Box with Summer and Autumn Fruits
Shibata Zeshin Japanese
Tiered Food Box with Summer and Autumn Fruits
Shibata Zeshin Japanese
While most materials gradually deteriorate over time, urushi (lacquerware) exhibits 'aging beauty', becoming more lustrous and beautiful with each use.
Though you can enjoy this enhancement for a while, degradation is inevitable due to its vulnerability to ultraviolet light.
Though you can enjoy this enhancement for a while, degradation is inevitable due to its vulnerability to ultraviolet light.
December 24, 2024 at 11:42 AM
While most materials gradually deteriorate over time, urushi (lacquerware) exhibits 'aging beauty', becoming more lustrous and beautiful with each use.
Though you can enjoy this enhancement for a while, degradation is inevitable due to its vulnerability to ultraviolet light.
Though you can enjoy this enhancement for a while, degradation is inevitable due to its vulnerability to ultraviolet light.
One of the coolest things about my latest #Kickstarter are the local Japanese crafts made by artisans preserving 1500-year-old traditions.
One of these is lacquerware. You can read about how my project intersects with traditional Echizen lacquerware here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/osa...
One of these is lacquerware. You can read about how my project intersects with traditional Echizen lacquerware here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/osa...
October 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
One of the coolest things about my latest #Kickstarter are the local Japanese crafts made by artisans preserving 1500-year-old traditions.
One of these is lacquerware. You can read about how my project intersects with traditional Echizen lacquerware here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/osa...
One of these is lacquerware. You can read about how my project intersects with traditional Echizen lacquerware here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/osa...
At the Yamai archaeological site in my hometown of Iwate (a Late Jomon period site from approximately 4,000-2,400 years ago), archaeologists discovered basket-based urushi lacquerware artifacts that had been repaired with cord and coated with urushi.
February 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
At the Yamai archaeological site in my hometown of Iwate (a Late Jomon period site from approximately 4,000-2,400 years ago), archaeologists discovered basket-based urushi lacquerware artifacts that had been repaired with cord and coated with urushi.
This special helmet was created to celebrate the release of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. It was made using Wajima-nuri, a traditional Japanese urushi lacquerware technique.
#starwars
starwars.disney.co.jp/movie/mandal...
#starwars
starwars.disney.co.jp/movie/mandal...
April 30, 2026 at 12:21 PM
This special helmet was created to celebrate the release of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. It was made using Wajima-nuri, a traditional Japanese urushi lacquerware technique.
#starwars
starwars.disney.co.jp/movie/mandal...
#starwars
starwars.disney.co.jp/movie/mandal...
lacquerware, a detail
November 14, 2024 at 8:17 PM
lacquerware, a detail
Behind Japan’s classic lacquerware is a small but growing number of sap collectors — some of them much younger than previous trends might indicate.
The young sap collectors underpinning Japanese lacquerware
“You can’t cut into the core, so you have to judge the thickness of the bark,” says tapper Shiho Hanadate. “You have to develop a sense for it.”
buff.ly
November 30, 2024 at 5:23 AM
Behind Japan’s classic lacquerware is a small but growing number of sap collectors — some of them much younger than previous trends might indicate.
Museum collections! Arsenic in the taxidermy, mercury in the cinnabar lacquerware, arsenic in the textiles, lead on every dang thing
I’m almost always talking about research safety here, but the axe I have to grind with colleagues where I regularly get told “Simmer down, Phil” is that we aren’t looking after the entire other half of the Humanities. Art Safety is a thing. Libraries have got SRS SHIT.
And then there’s theater…
And then there’s theater…
bandmates think i'm a tyrant for obsessing over details like loose hardware & taut cables but who saves their asses every gig when someone needs gaffer tape or a spare guitar string? me
September 14, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Museum collections! Arsenic in the taxidermy, mercury in the cinnabar lacquerware, arsenic in the textiles, lead on every dang thing
Traditional Lacquerware Globe Miraculously Undamaged by Noto Peninsula Quake to be Exhibited at Osaka-Kansai Expo
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/noto...
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/noto...
Traditional Lacquerware Globe Miraculously Undamaged by Noto Peninsula Quake to be Exhibited at Osaka-Kansai Expo
<p>A large Wajima-nuri lacquerware globe, which escaped being damaged in the Noto Peninsula Earthquake last year, will be exhibited at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Ja...
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp
January 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Traditional Lacquerware Globe Miraculously Undamaged by Noto Peninsula Quake to be Exhibited at Osaka-Kansai Expo
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/noto...
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/noto...
Urushi lacquerware discovered at the Kamizakai Asahidai shell mound (4000-3000 years ago) in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture. What's remarkable is both the beautiful delicate patterns and the fact that it remained without rotting despite being submerged in water.
www.yomiuri.co.jp/stream/3/082...
www.yomiuri.co.jp/stream/3/082...
April 3, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Urushi lacquerware discovered at the Kamizakai Asahidai shell mound (4000-3000 years ago) in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture. What's remarkable is both the beautiful delicate patterns and the fact that it remained without rotting despite being submerged in water.
www.yomiuri.co.jp/stream/3/082...
www.yomiuri.co.jp/stream/3/082...
Record of restoring a 2,000-year-old lacquerware excavated in Mongolia, conducted in Japan.
repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitst...
repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitst...
February 23, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Record of restoring a 2,000-year-old lacquerware excavated in Mongolia, conducted in Japan.
repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitst...
repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitst...
However, Japan has traditionally used urushi-lacquerware, which used to fulfill the role that plastic does today. Lacquerware has high antibacterial and antiviral properties, as well as a smooth coating.
June 3, 2024 at 7:48 AM
However, Japan has traditionally used urushi-lacquerware, which used to fulfill the role that plastic does today. Lacquerware has high antibacterial and antiviral properties, as well as a smooth coating.
I'd like you to watch this video. This is Joboji lacquerware made in my hometown. Bowls are created by applying multiple layers of urushi. We use locally sourced urushi as the raw material.
youtu.be/fVEc0sb9KcU?...
youtu.be/fVEc0sb9KcU?...
手技 TEWAZA 「浄法寺塗」 JOBOJI-NURI（LACQUERWARE）／伝統工芸 青山スクエア Japan traditional crafts Aoyama Square
YouTube video by 伝統工芸 青山スクエア
youtu.be
January 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I'd like you to watch this video. This is Joboji lacquerware made in my hometown. Bowls are created by applying multiple layers of urushi. We use locally sourced urushi as the raw material.
youtu.be/fVEc0sb9KcU?...
youtu.be/fVEc0sb9KcU?...
Spared from Noto quake, Final Fantasy lacquerware inspires hope / The Japantimes
www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2024/02...
www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2024/02...
February 9, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Spared from Noto quake, Final Fantasy lacquerware inspires hope / The Japantimes
www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2024/02...
www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2024/02...
A committee tasked with building a training center for future wajima-nuri lacquerware artisans held its first meeting, with participants calling the facility a symbol of recovery.
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/gene...
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/gene...
April 19, 2026 at 7:03 AM
A committee tasked with building a training center for future wajima-nuri lacquerware artisans held its first meeting, with participants calling the facility a symbol of recovery.
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/gene...
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/gene...
I saw yet another explanation claiming that “Japanese lacquerware is called japan overseas.”
In practice, English speakers rarely understand japan to mean lacquerware. Terms such as urushi-ware or lacquerware are much more widely recognized.
journal.meti.go.jp/fudoki/45442/
In practice, English speakers rarely understand japan to mean lacquerware. Terms such as urushi-ware or lacquerware are much more widely recognized.
journal.meti.go.jp/fudoki/45442/
輪島塗――見る、さわる、つくる！「漆の首都」で「用の美」の神髄を体感する | 経済産業省 METI Journal ONLINE
3月末、仕事で能登半島を訪れた。暦の上では春を迎えたとはいうものの、襟元をかすめる風は時おり冷たい。ただ、雲間
journal.meti.go.jp
April 21, 2026 at 5:12 AM
I saw yet another explanation claiming that “Japanese lacquerware is called japan overseas.”
In practice, English speakers rarely understand japan to mean lacquerware. Terms such as urushi-ware or lacquerware are much more widely recognized.
journal.meti.go.jp/fudoki/45442/
In practice, English speakers rarely understand japan to mean lacquerware. Terms such as urushi-ware or lacquerware are much more widely recognized.
journal.meti.go.jp/fudoki/45442/
Wajima Lacquerware Meets with Warm Reception at Milan Design Week, as Officials Plan to Grow Overseas Sales of Craft / The Japannews
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/noto...
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/noto...
Wajima Lacquerware Meets with Warm Reception at Milan Design Week, as Officials Plan to Grow Overseas Sales of Craft
<p>Officials from Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in April paid a visit to Milan Design Week, where they hope to start exhibiting Wajima lacquerware from next year. They were encouraged by the potential ...
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp
June 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Wajima Lacquerware Meets with Warm Reception at Milan Design Week, as Officials Plan to Grow Overseas Sales of Craft / The Japannews
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/noto...
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/noto...
The project to support Wajima, Japan's largest urushi-lacquerware craft region that suffered major earthquake damage, is still ongoing. We must not forget about the Noto earthquake.
forms.gle/TcCUf784Nzed...
forms.gle/TcCUf784Nzed...
April 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The project to support Wajima, Japan's largest urushi-lacquerware craft region that suffered major earthquake damage, is still ongoing. We must not forget about the Noto earthquake.
forms.gle/TcCUf784Nzed...
forms.gle/TcCUf784Nzed...