漆が持つ深い表情は、古代から日本の人々を魅了してきました。
木を保護するだけではなく、美しい光沢を備える漆は魔を祓う清浄なものとして扱われてきたようです。
主に仏教徒が用いたものが庶民へと広がり、美しく堅牢性な日常使いの器として、また茶の湯に取り込まれて高度な工芸品として、それぞれの時代の幾千幾万という人々が漆に取り組みその表現を追求してきました。
その蓄積は瑞々しい輝きを今日の漆器に伝えています。
日本を代表する漆器の産地である輪島でも、多くの工房が切磋琢磨しその美しさを競ってきました。
「輪島地の粉」と呼ばれる地元で取れる珪藻土を使った本堅地は高い堅牢性を生み、高い技術の蓄積と練磨は他にない輝きを作り上げています。
輪島塗ぬり工房 楽は、その輪島市街から少し外れた日本の原風景が残る里山にあります。
「輪島六職」といわれる分業制の産地にありながらも、下地から上塗まで一貫制作する数少ない工房です。
全ての工程に創意工夫を凝らし、漆本来の根源的な表現を追求してきました。
工房の周りで当たり前に触れる田んぼの蛙、畑で採れる野菜、庭の柿、裏山の梟や竹藪の筍など、里山の生活ありのままを写した、艶やかな光沢と強く堅く固まる特性を活かした、純朴で粗野な漆器を制作しています。
Wajimanuri Studio RAKU
The deep expression of lacquer has fascinated the people of Japan since ancient times.
In addition to protecting the wood, the beautiful luster of the lacquer seems to have been used as a purifying agent to ward off evil.
It was used mainly by Buddhists, but it spread to the common people and became a beautiful and robust vessel for daily use, as well as a sophisticated craft for the tea ceremony.
The accumulation of these efforts has resulted in the freshness and brilliance of today’s lacquerware.
In Wajima, one of Japan’s leading lacquerware production areas, many workshops have competed in friendly competition to produce the most beautiful lacquerware.
“In Wajima, one of the most famous lacquerware production areas in Japan, many workshops have competed with each other in friendly rivalry.
Wajimanuri Studio RAKU is located in the countryside where the original Japanese landscape still remains, a little outside of Wajima city.
Although Wajima is one of the few places in Japan where the division of labor is known as “Wajima’s six professions,” it is one of the few places where the entire process from the base to the top is carried out.
It is one of the few workshops that produce lacquerware from the base to the top.
The frogs in the rice paddies, vegetables in the fields, persimmons in the garden, owls in the mountains behind the house, bamboo shoots in the bamboo thicket, etc., which we can see around the workshop, are just some of the things we see in life in Satoyama.
Our exclusive methods based on traditional urushi application techniques enable us to craft unique items to surprise and delight our users. While urushi-nuri work (urushi lacquering) in Wajima, Japan, still remains a community craft, our studio handles all the processes from undercoating to final coating by ourselves.
