what is urushi
Urushi is a kind of natural lacquer collected from the Urushi tree. We Japanese have a 6000 year history of the use of Urushi.Initially it was used as an adhesive, like fixing an arrowhead to the wooden shaft, applying gold foil or fixing chipped porcelain.hen it came to be used for finishing lacquer soup bowls and furniture. The Urushi tree grows in many parts of east Asia including Japan. Collecting Urushi is like collecting gum from rubber tree. We cut the bark of the tree and then the tree yeilds a milky-white sap to cure the wound.