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How to preserve your own tradition (KOR)

Tokyo provided assistance since the mid-2010s, and local cities offered training assistance for two free years of training from craftsmen.

2024.9.30

How to preserve your own tradition

Tokyo provided assistance since the mid-2010s, and local cities offered training assistance for two free years of training from craftsmen.

2024.9.29

Stroll through the history of lacquer crafts at the National Museum of Korea

Ottchil, or the technique of coating lacquer in varnish, utilizes the finest craftsmanship. It takes several months just to collect the sap and refine the lacquer. Then, the process of coating a wooden item such as a bowl or a piece of ...

2021.12.26

A najeon chilgi (lacquerware inlaid with mother-of-pearl) makeup drawer of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). [COREANA COSMETICS MUSEUM]

[THINK ENGLISH] 조선시대의 “잇템”인 옻칠 제품

When it comes to beauty and makeup, not many countries could compare to Korea. Korean cosmetics products thrive globally in the name of K-beauty, and the Korean beauty industry even actively introduces innovative makeup vanities while Korean...

2021.4.22

Lacquerware was the 'it' item of the Joseon Dynasty

2021.4.11

A mother-of-pearl lacquerware of Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392) has recently returned to Korea from Japan. [CULTURAL HERITAGE ADMINISTRATION]

Goryeo Dynasty mother-of-pearl lacquerware box returns home

A piece of mother-of-pearl lacquerware of the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392), also known as najeonchilgi in Korean, finally returned to Korea from Japan. After realizing it was in the hands of a private collector in Japan in 2018, officials of the...

2020.7.31