This year’s Primum Familiae Vini (PFV) Prize has been awarded to traditional Japanese lacquer manufacturer Tsutsumi Asakichi Urushi. Louis Thomas finds out the surprising ways that this craft is ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Suzanne Ross, an English-born artisan based on Japan's Noto Peninsula, began her 40-year career making traditional Japanese ...
Even if you see leaves of the lacquer tree turning a striking red on a mountain path in autumn, it is safer not to touch them ...