The ancient craft of urushi, or Japanese lacquerware, is one of Asia’s oldest artistic traditions. Evidence for the use of lacquer – a tree sap used to coat and decorate objects like boxes, bowls and ...

The traditions of Japanese lacquerware are said to stretch back millennia, and it’s widely recognized as one of the country’s representative art forms. By comparison, the Pokémon franchise has a much ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Suzanne Ross, an English-born artisan based on Japan's Noto Peninsula, began her 40-year career making traditional Japanese ...

Working from his home studio in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, Onihira Keiji is keeping centuries-old maki-e decorative traditions alive, one celestial vessel at a time.

Using resin sourced from grasses, trees and other non-edible plants, Japanese technology giant NEC Corp. has developed a bioplastic that features the famous "urushi black" hue of the country's ...

NEC Corporation, a Japan-based global networking and IT giant, today announced that, working in collaboration with the Kyoto Institute of Technology and Japanese lacquerware artist, Dr. Yutaro Shimode ...

Lacquer is usually for precious, pricey stuff. Think handcrafted bowls and serving trays, religious artefacts in museum collections, and the facades of old shrines, temples and other architectural ...

"Discover the remarkable artistry behind some of the rarest S.T. Dupont lighters from the 1980s. Featuring centuries-old ...