Craft · No. 107
No. 107漆器
Echizen Lacquerware
越前漆器
echizen lacquerware · 福井県
Echizen Lacquerware is a traditional Japanese lacquerware craft produced in the Sabae and Echizen City area of Fukui Prefecture. Renowned for its exceptional durability and refined beauty, it encompasses a wide range of lacquering techniques refined over more than a millennium.
- Origin
- 福井県
- Category
- 漆器
- Materials
- Lacquer · Wood
- Designation
- Nat'l Traditional Craft
No. IHistory
The origins of Echizen Lacquerware are said to stretch back well over a thousand years. Local legend holds that lacquerers in the region were already…
No. IIMaterials
No. IIITechniques
Echizen Lacquerware production is broadly divided into three stages: forming the wooden base, applying the foundation coats, and finishing with lacque…
No. IVClimate
The Echizen region experiences the characteristically overcast, humid winters of the Hokuriku coast along the Sea of Japan. This naturally moist envir…
