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Japanese lacquer, or urushi, is a transformative and highly prized material that has been refined for over 7000 years. Cherished for its infinite versatility, urushi is a distinctive art form that has spread across all facets of Japanese culture from the tea ceremony to modern abstract sculpture.
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Urushi (lacquer) art is unique to Japan, China, Korea and the countries of Southeast Asia, each country preserving to the present day its own particular traditions. Japanese urushi art is especially rich in terms both of variety and sophistication of technique.
Urushi’s durability and beauty make it the finish of choice for a wide range of objects, from iconic Buddha statues and other works of art, to buildings and everyday objects like dishes and bowls. Japanese lacquerware has garnered fame overseas.
The Mejiro Urushi Studio is a workshop and a learning center of urushi art, run by the Mejiro Institute of Uruhi Research and Restoration. We offer courses for professionals as well as classes and events for the general public.
Also used for restoration of national treasures, urushi is one of Japan’s important traditional cultures. While still an art-school student in London, 19-year-old Ross visited an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts and fell in love with a deep black and beautifully inlaid urushi inkstone box.
