An in-depth examination of the Far Eastern lacquerware known as urushi, this book considers the art historical and scientific viewpoints and presents the priorities for urushi’s preservation and conservation. These are the proceedings of the Urushi Study Group meeting held June 10–27, 1985, in Tokyo, Japan.

• Prologue
  Luis Monreal, Director, GCI
• Map
• Chronology
• HISTORY
• On the Chinese Kyushitsu Method Based on a Study of Kyushoku-l'Oku Documents
  Hirokazu Arakawa
• Innovations in Kodaiji Makie
  Motoo Yoshimura
• Chinese Guri Lacquers
  George Kuwayama
• Inro Research: Some Proposed Future Steps
  Beatrix von Ragué
• Sano Chokan, The Urushi Master, Studied through His Work
  Akio Haino
• Heidatsu and Hyomon in the Nara Period
  Norimitsu Kimura
• Origins of the Use of Urushi in Japan and Its Development
  Yoshiyuki Kuraku
• Lacquerware in the Unified Silla Period, with Special Reference to the Finds at Anapchi
  Jongseok Lee
• Urushi Coating and Color Painting Applied to Japanese Architectural Cultural
• Monuments
  Yoshio Hasegawa
• CONSERVATION AND TECHNIQUES
• The Protection of Ancient Chinese Lacquerware