We have produced a Japanese-Spanish version of our “Essential Bilingual Glossary of Japanese Urushi (Lacquer) Materials and Techniques” and have made it available on our website. You can download it by scrolling down this page or clicking on "Glossary" in the menu.
We published a Japanese‐English version of the “Essential Bilingual Glossary of Japanese Urushi (Lacquer) Materials and Techniques” in 2020, and a Japanese-Spanish version in 2022. In these glossaries, we select and explain 105 essential terms for a deeper understanding of Japanese urushi art. They are available now online in PDF format.
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Kazumi Murose made urushi bowls for Mr. Yuichiro Miura’s climbing team when they took on the challenge of climbing Everest (Chomolungma) in 2013. We made bowls with the same shape and named them Chomolungma Urushi Bowls. Visit the following sites (in Japanese) for inquiries and purchases.
This is a collection of works by Kazumi Murose. It contains full-color photographs of his artworks, interviews, columns, and introductions of his atelier and creating processes. It comes with an English translation. Visit the following site to purchase it.
To raise funds to plant urushi trees in Okukuji, we have produced our original “Urushi-wo-Hagukumu-Wan (Bowls to grow urushi)”. The profits from the sale of these bowls will be used for the maintenance of our urushi trees. Visit the following site to purchase it.
