Wajima: The Home of Urushi
Artisans’ Handicrafts
Working with Urushi’s
various forms
Digital Wajima is a website focusing on the various techniques and ingenuities of the artisans involved in making Urushi lacquerware in Wajima, the home of Urushi, introducing them as the appeal of this production area.
Wajima Kobo Nagaya is exhibiting the artisans’ works introduced on this website.
There are many artisans actively creating lacquerware in Wajima, the home of Urushi, and there are accordingly various techniques and ingenuities. This website introduces them as the appeal of this production area. In addition to this website, Wajima Kobo Nagaya is also holding a permanent exhibition called the “Digital Wajima Permanent Gallery”, where you can see the works posted on this website up close.