URUSHI: A Mysterious Tale - One Person and the 12,000-Year History of Lacquer

"URUSHI: The Mysterious Story - 12,000 Years of People and Lacquer"
Edited by the National Museum of Japanese History
2017
National Museum of Japanese History [Out of Print]

Catalog of the exhibition "URUSHI: The Mysterious Story - 12,000 Years of People and Lacquer" held at the National Museum of Japanese History in 2017.

This catalog covers the history and culture of lacquer in the Japanese archipelago over 12,000 years, introducing representative archaeological materials, art objects, and folk materials from the Jomon period to the present day.

Chapter 1: Urushi and Lacquer
Urushi as a plant and its cultivation history
Chapter 2: Lacquer and Craftsmanship
Lacquer harvesting (urushi-kaki), lacquer tools, and lacquerware
Chapter 3: Lacquer and Daily Life
The social history of lacquer and lacquerware use from the Jomon period to the early modern period
Chapter 4: Lacquer and Power
The Ritsuryo state and lacquer / Production and distribution of medieval lacquerware / Rulers and lacquer
Chapter 5: Lacquer in Motion
The history of lacquerware distribution and technological exchange / Lacquerware from overseas (Kar物) / Carved lacquer, inlaid mother-of-pearl, etc.
Ainu society and lacquer / Ryukyu lacquer art
Chapter 6: The Future of Lacquer
Modern and contemporary lacquer art, including Meiji-era export crafts
Japanese furniture / Modernist crafts / War and crafts / Interior decoration of the Imperial train / Interior decoration of the Meiji Palace

Crafts, lacquer art, lacquerware
Photobook, collection of works, reference book
Paperback
29.7 x 22 cm
295 pages

Slight wear on the cover due to age
Pages are in good condition

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