VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM
Enduring Spirit, New Forms: Japanese Tea Culture and Lacquerware
EVENT DETAILS
Talk
17 May 2026, 11:00 - 12:00VENUE INFORMATION
Hochhauser Auditorium, V&A South Kensington
Cromwell Road, London
SW7 2RL
Enduring Spirit, New Forms: Japanese Tea Culture and Lacquerware
BOOKING INFORMATION
Booking for the event will open on the V&A website in April.Join Grand Tea Master Sōshin Kimura of the Hōshinkai Tea School for a lecture on lacquerware in Japan’s tea culture, organised in connection with Urushi Now: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer, a display of 21st-century lacquer art opening 30 April 2026 in the V&A’s Toshiba Gallery of Japanese Art.
About
Join Grand Tea Master Sōshin Kimura of the Hōshinkai Tea School in Kyoto for a lecture on the significance of lacquerware in the Japanese tea culture from the 16th century to the present day. This event is organised in connection with Urushi Now: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer, a display on 21st-century artistic expressions in lacquer, on view in the V&A’s Toshiba Gallery of Japanese Art from 30 April 2026.
Booking for the event will open on the V&A website in April.
