Assertion: japan | /r/HasProperty | the world’s source
Facets:
value: for lacquer craftwork
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: With the discovery of artifacts decorated using vermilion lacquer dating from the early Jomon period—around 9,000 years ago—at the Kakinoshima archeological site in Hokkaido, the theory that Japan was the world’s source for lacquer craftwork gained credence (unfortunately, these lacquered objects as well as some 60,000 other artifacts were destroyed by fire in 2002).