{"id":24304,"date":"2020-04-08T17:29:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T17:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/urushi-la-lacca-giapponese\/"},"modified":"2022-01-31T19:49:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T19:49:40","slug":"urushi-la-lacca-giapponese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/urushi-la-lacca-giapponese\/","title":{"rendered":"Urushi. Japanese Lacquer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24304\" class=\"elementor elementor-24304 elementor-400\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38fd8ab4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"38fd8ab4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b2ca286\" data-id=\"1b2ca286\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3975941d elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-text\" data-id=\"3975941d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Urushi is one of Japan\u2019s oldest and most precious art forms.<\/p>\n<p>The word urushi is used to indicate the sap extracted from the tree which grows only in Japan and in parts of Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, it is thought that the Japanese word derived from uruwashi (nice, pleasant) and uruosu (wet and luxurious). The urushi, in fact, is a commonly appreciated lacquer for its brilliance, elegance and luster that gives objects covering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ad277f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"6ad277f8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d09c16e\" data-id=\"3d09c16e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f148f2c elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"4f148f2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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The first lacquer objects, such as combs and trays, were found 5,500 years ago in Japan, in Shimahama Tomb, in Fukui Prefecture. Later, he began to appreciate this type of lacquer for other characteristics.<br \/>\nThe treated objects, in fact, could be used for aesthetic reasons, used, also, as a strenghtening and water-proofing agent.<br \/>\nFor example, from the VI century A.D. buddhist monks reached Japan from Korea and gave new stimulus to local craft which began to use lacquer to decorate buddhist statues.<\/p>\n<p>Although wood is the most used material as a base for the objects to be lacquered, also the metal, ceramics, and fabric are suitable for this purpose.<\/p>\n<p>In the Japanese process called Kanshitsu \u2013 formerly used especially for the realization of the samurai armor \u2013 the lacquer is mixed with cooked wand raw clays and then applied to a mold with canvas layers. Through this technique it was possible to produce objects without the need to use a wood core.<\/p>\n<p>The Kanshitsu is now also popular with contemporary artists like Natsuki Kurimoto which uses it to produce his works and large installations.<br \/>\nThis technique, however, keeps intact over time the lacquer surface of the product, leaving freedom to the artists deciding shapes and sizes of their works. In fact, although Japan, given the high humidity, represents an ideal environment for applying the Urushi and allow the conservation of the works in lacquer, when a work is made with a wooden base and is exported in a drier environment, the changing climate conditions can cause warps and shrinks,causing cracks on the lacquer surface.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8906a5a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"8906a5a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39ca1857\" data-id=\"39ca1857\" 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elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29f0aa0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-text\" data-id=\"29f0aa0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>The collection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The collection process requires that the natural resin is extracted in the period from June to November, via the parallel incisions on the urushi tree trunk to make it come out the sap. The rarity and the high commercial value of the sap extracted are due to the fact that every single tree, in a period of about 15 years, produces only 200 grams of Urushi.<\/p>\n<p>Once collected, the sap is filtered several times through a hemp cloth and the water content is evaporated from the raw lacquer, thereby obtaining the first urushi said clear.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, to obtain the color pigments are added; the red lacquer can be \u201ccolored\u201d with addition of small amounts of iron oxides, obtaining red or black depending on the chosen oxide.<\/p>\n<p>The lacquer is then applied on the object desired waiting to dry completely before moving on to the next layer, repeating this process several times before moving on to the final polishing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Decoration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When decorating, the lacquer is often sprinkled with gold or silver dust and gold leaf or pearl inlays are applied, as well as to be more shiny and bright.<\/p>\n<p>To obtain a finished 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