Laquerware | TATE: The Diary of a Japanese Man

2020-11-22

The amber color of the natural wood grain assists the softness of castella cake visually

A beautiful lacquer business card tray was sold in a shop. It was a traditional Japanese lacquerware called, “Syunkei”. Transparent lacquer on yellowish-brown stained wood allows the natural wood grain to be seen. It was a business card tray, but I thought that if I ate castella cake on it, it would seem more delicious. So I bought it as...

Crafts

2020-10-14

Its beautiful red color reminded me of a Shinto shrine in Kyoto

I visited, ”JAPAN TRADITIONAL CRAFTS AOYAMA SQUARE” in Aoyama, Tokyo. This is a specialty shop that sells traditional Japanese crafts from all over Japan. I’ve never been there although I knew about the place. On that day, I had a chance to visit the place. When I entered the shop, a lot of beautiful lacquerware came into view. I was...

Crafts

2020-09-26

I’ll tell you some things to be careful of when buying lacquerware

Lacquerware is a traditional Japanese craft. I actually use lacquerware everyday. Unfortunately, today, plenty of imitation lacquerware is sold in Japan. It shows that many Japanese people have no interest in real lacquerware. I’m very sad. If you want real traditional Japanese lacquerware and you don’t know much about it, you will probably buy an imitation product without realizing it....

Crafts

Tag: Laquerware

The amber color of the natural wood grain assists the softness of castella cake visually

Its beautiful red color reminded me of a Shinto shrine in Kyoto

I’ll tell you some things to be careful of when buying lacquerware