For over a thousand years, artisans in Japan have been crafting lacquerware — bowls, storage boxes, and other usable items coated with the sap of the lacquer tree. How are these items made? In this video, a modern artisan demonstrates the meticulous process of coating an object with lacquer and decorating its surface with gold powder. Artisan: Shigeta Noriko Produced by the Education Division, TNM
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