Akebono Black Tray

This Japanese tray by Yamanaka Lacquerware features black lacquer with a slight touch of red underneath, which emphasizes the beautiful grain of wood and conveys the warmth of natural wood. The more you use, the overcoated lacquer becomes more glossy and shining.

It can be used for various occasions, depending on your ideas. It is suitable not only for serving dishes, but also presenting as a base for home decorative items such as flower vases, photo frames, accessory trays and fruits stand.

Its timeless design surely brings your dining table and room traditional meets modern Japanese interior taste.

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.