Registration Date：1977.04.25
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The unique value of Wajima-nuri has been refined over many years. It is graceful, yet has strength hidden within it. The deep color and luster with depth. The comfortable warmth and smooth texture that you can feel in your hand. Wajima-nuri is the crystallization of the creators' passion, which allows no compromise in materials and more than 100 handcrafts.
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Description
Wajima lacquerware is one of Japan's leading traditional crafts. It is characterized by a robust finish using lacquer mixed with diatomaceous earth called "Wajima ground powder" produced locally, and "clothing" (pasting cloth to reinforce fragile parts) in the base process. be. It also has elegance due to its elegant decoration. It has a long history, and it is believed that lacquer ware was already produced in Wajima during the Muromachi period. From the middle of the Edo period (mid-18th century), the sales channel of Wajima-nuri gradually expanded due to trade along the coast of the Sea of Japan and trade, and the production of lacquer ware also increased accordingly. The division of labor according to the function supported the development of Wajima-nuri. Wan Kiji, Magemono Kiji, Sashimono Kiji, Hoo Kiji, Kyu The production system of eight jobs, lacquer, ro-color, chinkin, and maki-e, is still maintained in the area. The lacquer art technique that has been handed down to this day is widely used and developed not only for lacquer ware, but also for restoration and new construction of traditional buildings of temples and shrines, ritual equipment, dwelling interiors, and contemporary art works.
Cultural property information
【Opening hours】
Wajima Nuri Kaikan 8:30-17:00Wajima Lacquer Art Museum 9:00-17:00 (admission until 16:30) Wajima Kobo Nagaya 9:00-17:00 (hands-on experience (charged) until 15:30)
【Closing day】
Wajima Nuri Kaikan open all year roundThe Wajima Museum of Lacquer Art, Ishikawa Closed at the end of the year12/29-31Other exhibits may be closed for renovationWajima Kobo Nagaya closed on Wednesdays
【Fee】
Wajima Nuri Kaikan Free of charge (except for the Wajima Nuri Museum in the Wajima Nuri Kaikan) Adults 300 yen High school students 200 yen Junior high school students 100 yen Elementary school students 100 yen (Free for students, group of 20 or more: adults 250 yen, high school students 150 yen, junior high school students 50 yen) Wajima Lacquer Art Museum, Ishikawa High school and university students 320 yen Elementary and junior high school students 150 yen Wajima Kobo Nagaya Admission free
【External link】
Back to cultural properties in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture
