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Four prestigious Japanese lacquerware masters recently appeared at the Sheng Sheng Lacquerware Exhibition in Beijing, where they offered a detailed discussion of their aesthetics and artistic expression.

Presented by the ZENA lifestyle and aesthetics platform, the lacquerware exhibition displayed the work of eight representative Japanese artists, following the chronological order of lacquerware's development in Japan.

Four of the artists — all full members of the Japan Kogei Association — Norihiko Ogura, Kiyoshi Torige, Tatsuya Matsumoto and Hisaya Tsukiji, arrived at the opening ceremony and explained the techniques and concepts of their work.