Tuesday, October 06 10AM to 6PM
The Nippon Gallery at The Nippon Club
The Nippon Gallery at The Nippon Club will host “The Art of Japanese Urushi,” an exhibition on Japanese lacquer, from Tuesday, October 6 to Friday, October 9 as part of the Ninohe City Fair in New York 2015.
Organized by Ninohe City, the Ninohe City Fair seeks to introduce the long-standing art of lacquer painting that has its origins in this small northern Japanese town of 30,000. Ninohe City is said to be the birthplace of Joboji Nuri, a particular lacquer painting technique, and continues to produce 70 percent of Japan’s lacquer. It is said that a Buddhist monk began using Joboji lacquer to make housewares over 1200 years ago, when Tendaiji temple was built in the Joboji district of Ninohe City. The area had always had an abundance of lacquer trees, and Joboji became a flourishing production center for lacquerware.
The exhibition at The Nippon Gallery will feature Joboji lacquerware, as well as live demonstrations of lacquer harvesting and lacquer painting.
The event is free! For more information visit: http://www.nipponclub.org/