Kijiro Roiro Lacquer (Suki-Urushi) – Natural Translucent Japanese Lacquer

Kijiro Roiro Urushi – TraKijiro Roiro Lacquer (Suki-Urushi) – Natural Translucent Japanese Lacquer

Kijiro Roiro Urushi, also known as Suki-Urushi, is a natural translucent Japanese lacquer used in traditional Japanese lacquerwork techniques.

Its amber to dark brown color allows for refined finishes that enhance the natural color and appearance of the underlying surface.

Particularly suited to high-quality finishing work, this lacquer is used in traditional Roiro techniques, which produce smooth, deep, and lustrous surfaces through meticulous Japanese polishing methods.

Main Applications

• Roiro Finishing: Creates smooth, refined surfaces suitable for traditional Japanese polishing techniques.
• Translucent Finishing: Allows the application of lacquer layers that partially preserve and enhance the natural appearance and color of the underlying material.
• Traditional Japanese Lacquerwork: Ideal for decorative lacquer finishes requiring precision, delicacy, and attention to detail.Kijiro Roiro Lacquer (Suki-Urushi) – Natural Translucent Japanese Lacquer

Kijiro Roiro Urushi, also known as Suki-Urushi, is a natural translucent Japanese lacquer used in traditional Japanese lacquerwork techniques.

Its amber to dark brown color allows for refined finishes that enhance the natural color and appearance of the underlying surface.

Particularly suited to high-quality finishing work, this lacquer is used in traditional Roiro techniques, which produce smooth, deep, and lustrous surfaces through meticulous Japanese polishing methods.

Main Applications

• Roiro Finishing: Creates smooth, refined surfaces suitable for traditional Japanese polishing techniques.
• Translucent Finishing: Allows the application of lacquer layers that partially preserve and enhance the natural appearance and color of the underlying material.
• Traditional Japanese Lacquerwork: Ideal for decorative lacquer finishes requiring precision, delicacy, and attention to detail.nslucent Lacquer for Traditional Japanese Finishing

Kijiro Roiro Urushi, also known as Suki Urushi, is a natural translucent lacquer used for traditional Japanese lacquerwork and refined finishing techniques.

Its transparency allows the underlying surface to remain visible while adding depth and richness. It is particularly suitable for Roiro finishing and polishing, where successive preparation and polishing stages create the characteristic smooth, deep and refined appearance of Japanese lacquerwork.

Kijiro Roiro Urushi can also be used as a base for pigments and for wiped-lacquer techniques that enhance the natural grain and character of wood.

Uses:

• Roiro finishing: suitable for creating deep, smooth and refined lacquer surfaces
• Pigment base: can be mixed with or used as a base for pigments to create coloured lacquers
• Wiped-lacquer techniques: enhances the natural grain and appearance of wood
• Traditional lacquerwork: suitable for detailed work requiring controlled, precise application
• Decorative Urushi techniques: provides a translucent base for a variety of Japanese lacquer finishes

This is a high-quality Chinese Urushi lacquer, selected for use with traditional Japanese lacquer techniques and demanding finishing work.