漆とは漆の木の樹液を精製した１００％天然塗料です。光沢と肉持ちが良く耐久性に優れています。
漆の歴史は9000年ほど前の縄文時代前期、北海道垣の島遺跡から出土された朱漆を使った装飾品が出土されたことで、日本が世界における漆の源であろうという説が有力であります。
漆は古来より寺社建築や仏具・仏像等に使用されてきました。国宝や重要文化財等の美術工芸品が後世に伝えられたのも漆によって木地本体が保護されてきたことによります。
漆は塗料のみならず、補填材や接着剤とした日本古来の万能材として重宝されました。
しかしながら現在では漆の代用であるカシュー塗料やウレタン等化学塗料が多くなり漆自体の需要が少なくなっています。
弊社は京都の伝統技法文化を守るために『本漆』に拘りまた下地にも堅地や半田地や胡粉地等天然の材料に拘っています。
Lacquer is a 100% natural painting material made by refining the sap of lacquer trees. It has good luster and thickness, and has excellent durability.
The history of lacquer is about 9000 years ago in the early Jomon period, when ornaments using red lacquer excavated from the Kakinoshima remains in Hokkaido were excavated, and the theory that Japan is the source of lacquer in the world is predominant.
Lacquer has been used for temple and shrine architecture, Buddhist altars, Buddhist statues, etc. since ancient times. The reason why arts and crafts such as national treasures and important. cultural properties were passed down to posterity is that the main body of the wood is protected by lacquer.
Lacquer was useful not only as a painting material but also as a versatile material from ancient Japan as a supplement and an adhesive.
However, nowadays, the demand for lacquer itself is decreasing due to the increase in cashew paints and chemical paints such as urethane, which are substitutes for lacquer.
In order to protect the traditional technique culture of Kyoto, we are concerned particular about "real lacquer" and also concerned to natural materials such as ground work for the base.
