n Black varnish-like material in which the higher grades of asphalt or other resinous compositions are employed, blended with suitable drying oils to produce hard, glossy black coatings which become insoluble in mineral spirits. (Weismantal GF (1981) Paint handbook. McGraw-Hill Corporation, Inc., New York).
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Gooch, J.W. (2011). Black Japan. In: Gooch, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_1364
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