A Drop of Urushi: 2012/09

Sep 4, 2012

Hello!

I have been studying about urushi for the last some years, and found out that there is few information about it in English; so, I decided to make posts by myself, hoping it might help others getting to know more about Japanese culture.

Urushi is natural material made from tree sap of urushinoki (urushi tree). It has been used as adhesion, protection and decoration material in Japanese traditional art and crafts for more than 9,000 years. Although it is sometimes translated simply as "Japanese lacquer", urushi has many unique features that other types of lacquer do not obtain.

In this blog, I'd like to introduce you to the charms of urushi and share current information about it. Comments, questions and advises are more than welcome! If you are familiar with Twitter, please follow me through: urushi_info

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News / History / Urushikaki / Joboji

Urushi - 漆 - うるし

Urushi is natural material made from tree sap of urushinoki (urushi tree).

It has been used as adhesion, protection and decoration material in Japanese traditional art and crafts for more than 9,000 years.

Although it is sometimes translated simply as "Japanese lacquer", urushi has many unique features that other types of lacquer do not obtain.

In this blog, I'd like to introduce you to the charms of urushi and share current information about it. Comments, questions and advises are more than welcome!