Spinning Top Wipe-lacquer Coaster Set

This set of 5 Japanese teacup coasters has a pattern which resembles a spinning top. It features brightly colored lines and a sense of playfulness in the traditional technique of Yamanaka Lacquerware. A spinning top is a good omen in Japan, and this lively design is perfect for New Year's and other festive occasions.

It uses the technique called "Fuki-Urushi (wipe- lacquer)", The black lacquer was painted and wiped over and over so that the natural wood color underneath the lacquer remain.

Yamanaka lacquerware, also known as Yamanaka Shikki, is a lacquerware produced in the Yamanaka Onsen (hot spring) district of Kaga, Ishikawa prefecture. This lacquerware is unique in that it blends the natural elegance of the wood grain with the elegant maki-e technique of sprinkling gold, silver, or other colored powder onto a lacquer painting.

With its beautiful wood texture, delicate and robust Yamanaka Lacquerware is evolving day by day, incorporating a modern sense of design while inheriting a tradition that has lasted for 400 years.