• Korean Journal of Heritage: History & Science
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• v.55 no.3
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• pp.22-44
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• 2022

Lacquer, in addition to high-end crafts such as lacquerware inlaid with mother-of-pearl, was an important strategic material used in a wide range of fields such as industry, architecture, and munitions during the Japanese colonial era. In particular, as the demand for lacquer used in munitions soared in the 1940s when the war started, a ticket system was introduced to restrict its distribution. Meanwhile, Japan experienced a chronic shortage of lacquer as a result of the rapidly increasing demand for it, and thus went on to import Chinese lacquer after the late 19th century. After the 1910s, the market share of Chinese lacquer reached 90%, and the local situation in China began to affect the supply and demand for lacquer in Japan. To counteract the issue, the Japanese government increased the production of lacquer in Joseon. As for the project to increase lacquer production in Joseon, objective indicators were prepared through a number of tests in the 1910s and 20s, which paved the way for the project to begin in earnest in the 1930s. Lacquer trees were planted and training classes on how to collect lacquer were held throughout the country. The Japanese government promoted the lacquer production industry as a promising side job for Koreans. The project, implemented in various parts of the country, reaped fruitful results, and it provided the basis for lacquer production in Korea that has continued to this day. At that time, the major regions in the southern part of the country where the project was concentrated were Wonju, Okcheon, and Hamyang, regions that are still known today as major production sites. The improved method of collecting lacquer taught to Koreans by the Japanese has now become the main method of collecting lacquer in Korea. This study attempts to identify the current status of the project to increase lacquer production through various records from the Japanese colonial era with a view to contributing to the study of modern lacquer craft history.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.9
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• pp.535-543
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• 2018

The traditional culture, which is a historical product possessed by each country, represents the competitiveness of the country and becomes a national resource. Raw lacquer has a very long history and tradition in China. Lacquer, which is the basic material of Raw lacquer. Also it is a natural paint which has the functions of preservation, insectproof and waterproof used from ancient times in Asia, not only in China but also in Korea and Japan. Such Raw lacquer using lacquer has a long history and it is becomes to a tradition. On the other hand, Its value and meaning are being faded by oilpaintings and watercolors. Much effort and research are needed to become more popular. I would like to introduce the lacquering technique in illustration as one way. There are a lots of expression techniques in the present illustration, but lacquer expression is rarely seen. In the illustration, lacquering technique is a modern reinterpretation of traditional culture by combining modern technology with traditional culture. In this paper, a Raw lacquer with a long tradition of soul is informed to the public and it is a way to bring attention to the beauty of lacquer and reproduce the original expression technique as an illustration to enhance the understanding of traditional culture, I hope that Raw lacquer will be used in the field.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.46 no.5
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• pp.610-621
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• 2018

In conservation treatment lacquer has been used variously as a restoration material. However, dealing with Lacquer is very difficult as it dried in high humidity that can be harmful to the base materials. Also being natural varnish, dried lacquer layer is very different from the drying condition and the quality of the lacquer. These make difficult to predict the result of drying lacquer. In this study, using the humidity control machine, firstly, the main contents of the two different type of lacquer was experimented. And these lacquers was cured in various conditions. The duration time was checked until totally hardened. After that, obtained lacquer layers was analyzed to understand optical properties. Therefore, this study made a result about the relationship between characteristics of lacquer layer and the hardening condition. As a result, duration time of the Korean lacquer drying which has average 13.4% more urushiol than the Chinese lacquer is recorded a twice or triple decrease over it of the Chinese one. And, in all types of lacquer, the higher humidity makes the faster a pace of lacquer dried. In same lacquer, the shorter the duration time of drying lacquer is much darker and glossier. However, gloss deteriorated in saturated humidity. In humidity lower than RH 70%, lacquer is not hardened in 336 hours. When the layer totally cured through long period more than 30 days, the drying lacquer is appeared high brightness and almost transparent. Thus, in lower than RH 70%, it is hard to obtain durable layer.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.75-80
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• 2003

The electromagnetic wave absorption ability of natural ceramics(NC), natural lacquer, and rubber was investigated. The natural ceramics showed absorption ability above 2.5dB at 2.5GHz~4.5GHz and natural lacquer showed better electromagnetic wave absorption ability than that of rubber. The simulation results of electromagnetic wave absorber ability in a absorber composed of natural lacquer and ferrite showed the reflection coefficient of -16dB at 0.5GHz~10GHz. It was shown that from the simulation results, the electromagnetic wave absorber composed of lacquer as a backing material have better absorption ability than that of the electromagnetic absorber composed of rubber.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.353-360
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• 2019

The research paper for lacquer design furniture design development utilizing the shape of the clean vase investigates and analyzes the vase ceramic deformities of the most prominent Qing's era in Chinese ceramic history, and shows it in a vase to find the basic form of the vase ceramic of that era Applied the shape of the vase itself, and tried to provide a plastic basis for the design of lacquer works. Focusing on the shape of the shaping element shown in the Qing Dynasty vase, we analyze the type of the type, and examine the shape of the bottle china in China Qing period through the investigation of materials used and various documents. Based on the data obtained through the experiment, the design of furniture to sit by applying Chinese clean vase ceramic malformation to Hyopjotalte(Ottchil) lacquer ware in the lacquer making method.

• Journal of Conservation Science
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.302-311
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• 2021

This study uses traditional lacquer techniques to coat the metal surface and evaluates its physical properties to check the applicability of the lacquer coating. For this purpose, a total of six specimens were produced by setting the variation conditions for the number of times (1, 2, 3) and the heating temperature (120℃, 150℃) using SS275 metal(60*60 mm) and 'Wonju lacquer'. For analysis, chromaticity measurements, contact angle/surface energy measurements, Chemical Resistance, and cross-cut tests were used. The analysis showed that the corrosivity was improved and the adhesion of lacquer to the metal surface was excellent. There was no significant change in contact angle/surface energy. Also, there was no significant difference in color. Through this study, it was confirmed that lacquer on metal surfaces improves waterproofing and has a anticorrosion effect. We could also check the proper number of lacquer and heating temperature. Additional physical characteristics such as hardness and wear rate should be studied. It is also necessary to study how lacquer can be painted with a certain thickness.

• Journal of Conservation Science
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• v.8 no.1 s.11
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• pp.33-39
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• 1999

The Koryo Buddihist Canon Printing Wood Blocks are stored in excellent condition for more than 750 years at the Haein-sa Monastery, Hapchon, Kyoungnam. The lacquer coating may be a reason for the conservation of the wood blocks among many reasons. We studied the lacquer coatings and compared these with authentic lacquer sample by several methods including IR and UV spectroscopy and pyrolysis/GC/MSD.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2002.03a
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• pp.53-57
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• 2002

In this paper, we explain new EM(electromagnetic) wave absorber that mixed NC (Natural Ceramics) and Ferrite with NL(Natural Lacquer). At first, a mixed NC and Ferrite(NC : F = (0.1~30)wt% : (99.9~70)wt%) bum at 95$0^{\circ}C$~125$0^{\circ}C$. And then, it is comminuted and injected into NL((NC+F) . NL = (30~80)wt% (70~20)wt%), finally we made Ferrite-NL EM wave absorber. Generally, conventional labor Ferrite covers only 500 MHz to 10 GHz under tolerance limits of 2 to 6 dB in absorption, and Ferrite-NL is over 8 ~ 14 dB. However, NCFerrite-NL huts superior absorption ability. It is over 16 to 19 dB through 500 MHz to 10 GHz.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.46 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 2018

Nowadays, synthetic resin varnish such as cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL) is being used as well as traditional lacquer. The code of ethics states that material must be identical to the original when preserving cultural heritage. Therefore, lacquer should be used. However, problem is that even experts have difficulties differentiating lacquer and CNSL as they have similar components. Therefore, this study was carried out to identify the difference between lacquer and CNSL using IR and Py-GC/MS. As a result of IR, in lacquer, $720cm^{-1}$ peak was detected and in CNSL, $750cm^{-1}$, $720cm^{-1}$ and $700cm^{-1}$ peaks were detected. The results of Py-GC/MS detect benzene compounds and alkyl chains for both varnishes. However, hexanoic acid was detected from CNSL but not lacquer. Using these analytical methods, the differences between lacquer and CNSL can be identified on the scene. This is expected to be applied to the authentic conservation and restoration of lacquerware.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.36 no.6
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• pp.105-112
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• 2008

Grading of the urushi lacquer is quite difficult because of large variations depending on origin, growing conditions, time acquisition, storage conditions. It is urgently required to establish a grading system of urushi lacquer by combining traditional method with scientific methods. Traditional grading of urushi lacquer was done by visual inspection of 10 experts who are working on urushi lacquer industry. Common aspects of the experts were color, odor, viscosity, spread properties on Hanji, color and drying properties on glass based the traditional grading system. In addition, rubbing on Hannj and heating with alcohol lamp was also used to grade urushi lacquer. The grading results of 10 experts showed that chinese urushi lacquer (E) of 7.03, japanese urushi lacquer (C) of 6.84, domestic urushi lacquer of (A) of 6.41 and another chinese urushi lacquer (D) of 5.27, and domestic urushi lacquer (B) of 2.50 in descending order. The degree of spread on Hanji was not consistent among 10 experts. These results indicated that the traditional grading system was pretty much personal and required of developing more objective method based on scientific background.