Jewelry Box "Hanabi"

Lacquerware

Craft Company: Taya Shikki

ORIGIN: Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture
SIZE: W100 × H60 × D100mm
MATERIAL: Wood, Lacquer

Fireworks in the night sky

A lacquered jewelry box carefully and patiently crafted by specialized Wajima artisans to bring out the profoundly deep beauty of layer upon polished layer of lustrous lacquer. The resulting deep hues give this jewel box a fantastic expression reminiscent of the night sky. The softly sprinkled gold powder adds an unassuming yet powerfully attractive aura, adding light to everything around it like beautiful hanabi (fireworks, but literally “flowers of fire”), blooming in the night sky.

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Kawari-nuri
- Technique
A general term for techniques that take full advantage of the special characteristics of lacquer. It encompasses various techniques, such as repeatedly applying and polishing multiple coats of colored lacquer or utilizing the adhesive strength of lacquer. It is also called “Saya-nuri,” from the Edo period practice by which craftsmen created various types of elaborate sword sheaths using such kawari-nuri techniques.
Togi-dashi
- Technique
A technique of applying multiple layers of colored lacquer, each of which is carefully polished with charcoal to bring out the colors of the layers beneath them.
Jinoko
- Material
A powder of calcined diatomaceous earth. Mixed with raw lacquer and glue, it is used as a lacquer base.
Wajima lacquerware
- Generic term
Generic name of lacquerware produced in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Characterized by its robustness. The wood surface is reinforced with cloth and is coated with many layers of “Jinoko” which is the powder of calcined diatomaceous earth.

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