According to one of them, when an Urushi-ware (Japanese lacquerware) craftsman tried to shorten the time period required to dry urushi-ware in winter time, he was advised by a Buddhist monk to dry urushi-ware in Furo (store room for urushi-ware) filled with water vapor from boiling water used to simmer Japanese radish, and succeeded in it by following this advice.
一説によると、漆器職人が冬になると漆の乾きが悪くて困っていたところ、ある僧から風呂（漆器の貯蔵室のこと）に大根のゆで汁を吹き込み、そこで乾かすとよいと教えられ、その通りにするとうまくいった。