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Japan (To coat wood metal or paper)

to coat wood, metal, or paper employ a lacquer obtained from a tree (Rhus vernix) by making incisions in is at first like cream, but becomes black by exposure to the air. Their process is the trunk and collecting the juice; this said to be as follows: After the juice has assumed a deep black color, finely pulverized charcoal is added to it. The successive coats, each being dried in the lacquer is applied to an article in several becomes extremely hard, and is polished with a smooth stone and water until it sun before the next is put on. It soon becomes extremely hard, and is polished sun before the next is put on. It soon becomes as smooth as glass. On this surface ornaments and figures are traced diplomatic Austria-F Japanese German time began in er in Septem donary Force, Now 7, 1914, Japan, w ured some of t colonies, restric to the smaller Germa ncluded the Marsha mes, the east and wer ago. This constitute y activities of Japa Following the Russia ver, Japanese troop beria and carried on campaigns there dur- RUSSIA. the Peace Treaty, Jahe rights formerly posany in the Shantung disposition of Shantung sbad by many of the the Peace Conference, to yield on the asit was her intenantung peninsula gly protested and throughout the question of sue, but without sucended hostilities with et Republic of Siberia and later occupied the the island of Saghalien the Anglo-Japanese er year. The troops Siberia were sent inte to independence strong hand. metal, or paper lliant vares the baking of cle The Japanese btained from a tree aking incisions in the juice; this am, but becomes black The process is After the juice color, finely to it. The e in several dried in the on. It soon and is polished water until it glass. On this figures are traced in a varnish of till 1 railwa be the nd 682 Ben dictine of Be (1918) sibly of JAPANESE CEDAR boiled oil and turpentine. Before this is quite dry, gold or silver leaf is laid on, and the whole afterward receives a finishing coat of varnish .