Notes

01. Municipal newsletter of the city of Ono, Fukui Prefecture, 1973.

02. Tools used in Yamanaka lacquerware workshops, Ishikawa Prefecture.

03. Blocks of raw wood left to dry, Yamanaka Onsen.

04. Photograph documenting rural life in Japan’s snow country, Hiroshi Hamaya, Yukiguni, c. 1950s.

05. Lacquer tree in lacquerware workshop, Yamanaka Onsen.

06. Typology of Konpura bottles from “Searching for Satsuma Kompura Bottles”, Ikue Yoshimitsu, Reimeikan / Kagoshima Prefectural Center for Historical Materials, 2021.

07. Hiroshi Hamaya, Yukiguni, c. 1950s.

08. Samples of wooden planks treated with several layers of kakishibu dye, Kyoto Prefecture.

09. Map listing lacquerware workshops in Yamanaka Onsen, Ishikawa Prefecture.

10. Exhibition leaflet dedicated to Houn Maeda, c. 1970s.

11. Municipal newsletter of Ono, Fukui Prefecture, 1988.

12. Excavation site of Konpura bottles; location unknown.

13. Porcelain forming workshop, Hasami, Nagasaki.

14. Freshly cut trunk sections drying before shaping.

15. Diagram illustrating wood-cutting orientation (kidori) in lacquerware production.

16. Rejected straw compositions, Nagano Prefecture.

17. Archive diagram outlining lacquer layering structure, c. 1980s.

18. Prototypes of Pedestal Furniture, Tokyo.

Photos 02. 03. 05. 08. 14. © Ulysses Ortega

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