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History of lacquer(or Urushi) work

Since old days, about 500 years olds, lacquer work is a Japanese original industrial arts technology.　The lacquer is sap of a lacquer tree. You can see the Phonograph of a way to take the lacquer. ( The site is Japanese, but you can see the Photograph of http://www.urushinosato.gr.jp/news/2002/02.html).

How to get the sap? You can see the Photograph ( http://www.eurus.dti.ne.jp/~k-yazawa/urushijapanese.html). How to get the sap you can see the Photographs on http://www.town.joboji.iwate.jp/lacquer/0502.htm).

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ksuzuki/jomon/lacquer.htm : The Use of Lacquer - japan

The excellent properties of the natural lacquer are the heat resistant 300℃ and the corrosion resistant to acid or alkali or non-soluble to alcohol. Into the transparent glue like lacquer, pure gold foil, pure gold powder, silver dust or mother-of-pearl etc can be inlaid with that. This is a gold or silver lacquer.

In Japan, Gold lacquer utilize at everyday life. This is a true Japanese culture

General explanation:(http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/urushi/urushite/urushite.html) The Lacquer tree liquid poisoned for mens skin. The work to cut the tree is a troublesome work. Collection can take about 200g from one lacquere tree for approximately 10 years after growth from June to about November.

For harden the film, 25-30 degrees Celsius, more than humidity 70% are necessary for temperature. If temperature on wand the humidity are extremely low, drying become extremely late. He draw a pattern on a wood plate by the lacquer and sow gold and silver powder while the lacquer does not dry.
There are characteristics of a district such as Kagawa lacquerware(Ishikawa-pref , Kii (Wakayama-pref. ) lacquerware, Takaoka lacquerware (Toyama-pref.), Tsugaru(Aomori -pref.)lacquering.
It is a important technique for him that luxuriously and charming design are completed. Sow of lacquer work mean scatter of powder. It is a process by one lacquer craftsman applies it politely and repeat. A delicate change produces even the same picture. There is the personality for only the lacquer work. He is elegantly conveying spirit of a craftsman keeping tradition and shine. It is a process by one lacquer craftsman applies it politely repeat. A delicate change produces even the same picture, and there is the personality that only the lacquer work that hanged trouble to win complicatedly can express. He is conveying elegant spirit of a craftsman to keeping tradition and shine.

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