A master of the ancient craft of urushi, or Japanese lacquerware, Kazumi Murose is hoping to bring a 9,000-year-old tradition into the modern age.

Japanese lacquerware takes centre stage during the "Eastern Curiosities -- Lacquer Collection" exhibition, ... two folding chairs in red lacquer decorated with golden peony and a dragon, ...

The lacquerware is also lidded, and has contrasting red and black striped sections. Its stretched appearance plays on the form of typical rice and soup bowls.

It’s a tradition whose roots can be traced back at least 9,000 years – and whose future is threatened. Over the past four decades, demand for lacquer in Japan has fallen by 90 percent to less ...

Hida-shunkei lacquerware was developed in the Hida mountains around Takayama, a popular hot spring city in Gifu prefecture, some 400 years ago, but its future is in doubt as the number of artisans ...

HONG KONG, November 30, 2014 - Introducing works of Japanese lacquer ware, Takashi Wakamiya, an urushi artist specializing in wajima, unlocked the meanings and process behind this intricate trade of ...

Jacqueline Avant’s passion for the beauty of Japanese lacquerware has culminated in this gift that expands our museum’s ability to share the diversity of artistic expression in Asia.” Thanks to this ...

WHEN the cherry blossom trees bloom in Kyoto in April, Pauline Gandel’s heart skips a beat.