Craftswoman introduces lacquer art in musical instrument production

Yurie Akaiwa, a 26-year-old craftswoman in the central Japan prefecture of Toyama, shows off in a shop in Takaoka city on Sept. 26, 2018, Japanese "urushi"-lacquered saxophones she produced by fusing traditional arts and craft techniques with the popular wind instrument of European origin. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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