[Shaku] oops

Sorry, folks, my machine crashed last night while in the middle of
my response to Justin, appended below.

>From: "Justin ." <justinasia@yahoo.com>
>
>The fact that a number of foreigners have an adverse
>reaction to the urushi in shakuhachi has surprised me.

Do you mean that, as far as you know, no Japanese reacts to urushi
in a shakuhachi? Or just that the number is smaller?

>I would like to know, do you, or the other reacting
>people you know (or on the list) have any reaction to
>>the urushi on traditional eating utensils, such as
>miso bowls, chopsticks etc.?

I react strongly to urushi in shakuhachi until it's dried for about
18 months - so I just buy well-used, old flutes. But I don't react
to eating utensils.

>...Or, there may be some part of the process used by certain
>shakuhachi makers which is involved in this problem.

Or, a third possibility is that there is something different in the
process for urushi artists that is different from that used by
shakuhachi makers. This seems more logical to me.

Do you know if urushi artists outside the shakuhachi community
cure their lacquer differently than shakuhachi makers?

bj
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Received on Fri Jun 22 08:24 PDT 2007