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Urushi is used for small crafts, and also for buildings made of wOod. It was als
次は、高校1年生の Moe が漆(urushi)について書いた英文です。これを読んで、問1~
of them were painted with "urushi," Urushi is used in many traditional crafts in Japan. Ne
Around the sixteenth century, many people from Europe came to Japan. These Europeans
really liked crafts made with urushi, so they bought a lot of these crafts. In Europe, rich peopl=
In fact, the number of Japanese workers who produce urushi is
Many old buildings in World Heritage Sites in Nikko also need a lea
「sap of these trees is used as paim
decay slowly. Urushi ha
Why did she buy me those chopstics
This winter, I went to Ishikawa Prefecture with my family and visited some museums there
「valuable crafts made with urushi. After we left he
Urushi has been used for over eight thousand years in Japn
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enjoyed looking at all the beautiful and
mother smiled, and boughta set of *chopsticks for me.
made with urushi ? After I came home, I began to use them.
They were very beautiful
easy to use.
rash, but it's safe
World. There are five kinds of urushi trees in Japan. The
'bonding agent. If you touch the sap of urushi, then you'll get a
or as a
sets.
touch urushi after it
"preserved because they
Crafts made with urushi are well
preserved very old crafts, so it has played a very important role in Japan.
used to build Kinkakuji Temple in Kyoto. Of course, a lot of urushi is needed c.
buildings.
of urushi.
の
restormg
traditional buildings like these only in Japan.
Those crafts were called "japan" 。
'symbol of wealth.
collected crafts made with urushi as a
symbols of Japan.
Of course, even today, urushi is famous as a symbol of Japanese traditional crafts TL
the *Nagano Olympic Committee (NAOC) was planning the 1998 Nagano Olympic Winter Gam
medals with urushi. NAOC thought that the medals sho
it decided to make the winners'
be made with original *materials and ^techniques. They also need to be beautiful and h-
"permanent value. After thinking about all this, NAOC chose to make them with urushi
painted mountains and the morning sun on them with urushi.
Many foreign countries restore crafts made with urushi, too. Many of the crafts
Europe from Japan now need to be restored. Urushi is especially *vulnerable to sunlig:
crafts made with urushi are * damaged when they are in the sunlight. In Europe, some p.
have tried to restore their Japanese crafts made with urushi with other materials and techn.
because there are no urushi trees there.
A
But these materials and techniques didn't wor!
with urushi. For example in Europe, some of the crafts have now turned brown. 10 Sue
a group of Japanese “craftspeople recently visited Germany and restored some ot the ja
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