WAJIMA, Ishikawa Prefecture--The Noto Peninsula earthquake dealt a severe blow to the production of Wajima-nuri traditional lacquerware, which is designated an important intangible cultural heritage.

This thoroughness is what sets Wajima lacquerware apart from other similar traditions; Wajima-nuri, along with Tsugaru-nuri from the Tsugaru region in Aomori prefecture, is the only traditional ...

We follow UK-born Suzanne Ross - a lacquerware artisan in Wajima - in her efforts to recover after this January's quake, and meet Chinese Tomoe Setsubai who runs a Japanese confectionery in Yokohama.

For thousands of years, the art of lacquerware has flourished across East Asia, transforming everyday objects into ...

The Tsugaru shamisen is a traditional Japanese string instrument characterized by its dynamic sound, produced by striking the strings with a bachi or plectrum. Born of the hot summers and whiteout ...

Nam, which stands in the center of Seoul. In this space, she stores a roomful of various Korean "najeonchilgi" or traditional lacquerware inlaid with mother-of-pearl, ranging from a closet to ...

Keiko Tsuruoka’s film is at once traditional and contemporary: it gently mixes present-day gender and sexuality politics with the old-fashioned Japanese domestic drama. Traditional lacquerwork ...

WASHINGTON—Stuffed Super Mario toys and Wajima-nuri lacquerware are among the gifts that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida brought to U.S. President Joe Biden for his state visit. On the afternoon ...

“You can see this lacquerware has quartz and other mineral-based materials as part of its composition,” he says. This advertisement appears in Nature Index Japan 2023, an editorially ...

Zhang Zhehao was busy crafting various tea lacquerware in his studio in Sanlitun, Beijing as the Mid-Autumn Festival approached. Lacquerware and ceramic pieces adorn his place within a quiet ...

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