Glossary

lacquer

Term · material

East Asian lacquer (Japanese urushi): the refined sap of the lacquer tree, applied in layers to seal, protect and decorate objects. In Japan the sap of the lacquer tree, urushi, refined over months1, is applied to seal and protect an object before it is decorated2 — on everything from Buddha statues to food boxes3. Wikipedia, Japanese lacquerware, “They learned to refine urushi (poison oak sap) – the process taking several months”. ↩ Ebd., “Lacquer is applied to seal and protect the object, and then decoration is added”. ↩ Ebd., “lacquer has been used in urushi-e, prints, and on a wide variety of objects from Buddha statues to bento boxes for food”. ↩ Literatur Wikipedia, Japanese lacquerware: Anon., Japanese lacquerware, in: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_lacquerware (zuletzt abgerufen am 28.10.2026).