VILLAGE Report #Lacquerware
VILLAGE Report vol.2 Aomori Prefecture | Tsugaru lacquerware, the 40-plus rounds once called “foolish lacquering”
Polish, then lacquer; lacquer, then polish. Tsugaru lacquerware repeats this process more than 40 times and takes over two months to complete. This is the story of lacquerware designated a traditional craft in 1975 and Aomori Prefecture’s first Important Intangible Cultural Property in 2017.
VILLAGE Report vol.2 Aomori Prefecture | Tsugaru lacquerware, the 40-plus rounds once called “foolish lacquering”
Polish, then lacquer; lacquer, then polish. Tsugaru lacquerware repeats this process more than 40 times and takes over two months to complete. This is the story of lacquerware designated a traditional craft in 1975 and Aomori Prefecture’s first Important Intangible Cultural Property in 2017.