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Urushi Now: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer

A 7,000-year-old Japanese craft, as practised by artists working now.

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At Victoria and Albert Museum.

Free display in the Toshiba Gallery, Room 45, of Japanese lacquer made between 2012 and 2026: sculptural pieces, boxes and vessels by makers in Kyoto, Tokyo and Kanazawa including Ishizuka Genta, Uesugi Gakusui and Mine Tanigawa. Urushi has been used in Japan for over seven thousand years; this is what it looks like today.

Where
Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL
Nearest station
South Kensington · 4 min walk

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