Keiichi Akimichi
Artist of URUSHI-NURI (Japanese Lacquerware)
Urushi art is a Japanese traditional way of painting with pure sap of a certain tree called Urushi. Surprisingly this technique has been used since Jomon period (14,000 – 300 BC).
You can find it everywhere in daily use like chopsticks, bowls and even for historical shrines in Japan.
