Japanese Workshop Lacquer

Place: Kyoto

Biography:

The artist 'Japanese workshop lacquer' is a traditional Japanese lacquerware workshop based in Kyoto, Japan. The workshop has a long history dating back to the Edo period and has provided refined lacquer articles for the imperial household and discriminating clients for over four hundred years. The workshop is known for its mastery of traditional urushi lacquering techniques and its creation of modern design objects using these techniques. The artist 'Japanese workshop lacquer' is also known as 'Zohiko’s Kyoto workshop'.