Sparrows and Sakura with Calligraphy Kakejiku Hanging Scroll CATEGORY_Bowl-Donburi each piece is hollowed from

each piece is hollowed from a single block and finished in the Yamanaka lacquerware tradition using suri-urushi

and maple leaves

When paired with a donabe on the dining table

Season after season

Tame-nuri is a lacquering technique in which the red color can be seen through the translucent lacquer by applying a coat of translucent black lacquer on top of a middle coat of red lacquer

Sparrows and Sakura with Calligraphy Kakejiku Hanging Scroll CATEGORY_Bowl-Donburi each piece is hollowed fromThis hanging scroll brings together the fleeting beauty of cherry blossoms and the Zen phrase ichi go ichi e (a once in a lifetime encounter), quietly conveying the value of each unrepeatable encounter. The striking circle at the top of the composition is rendered as a symbolic window. Beyond it, an exterior landscape seems to unfold, and when the scroll is displayed, it creates the sensation of an additional window opening within the room, subtly