Soyo and Shodo Yamagishi

Biography

These two brothers are unusual in that they specialize in creating ‘core lacquer’ objects, made entirely out of natural lacquer without the usual wooden core, that involve an unbelievably long and complicated process. They are continually studying to improve their technique and create an everlasting beauty that will never dull.

Sōyō Yamagishi
1961 Born in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture

Shōdō Yamagishi
1963 Born in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture

Present: Working in Wajima to produce Wajima lacquerware.

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Tea Bowls: Art of Five Senses
Contemporary Japanese Tea Ceremony Wares 2018年3月15日 - 4月7日
Expressing Gratitude for Ippodo Gallery’s First 10 Years Shoko Aono “It (Teaism) insulates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we...
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Japanese Lacquer
An Overview 2020年11月24日
Lacquerware stands as being one of the most destinctive forms of Japanese beauty. Lacquerware is usually made from Urushi, the sap of Urushi Trees, a close relative to poison oak. This tree is native to Japan, China, and Korea. A unique characteristic of this sap is that once it is exposed to moisture and air, the resin properties of the sap polymerize and harden, becoming a plastic-like substance. Tohru Matsuzaki, Tray, C16879 Colorants are added to this sap and objects, once coated with a thin layer of lacquer, is placed...
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Soyo and Shodo Yamagishi

Tea Bowls: Art of Five Senses

Japanese Lacquer

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