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The name TOHKA means "transparent," highlighting the way the wood grain is beautifully enhanced in each piece.
The smooth texture of wood feels soft and relaxing against your lips, enhancing the rich yet delicate flavors of sake.
This sake cup is made from betula grossa, a hardwood valued for its high-class quality and excellent workability due to its natural elasticity.
All GATOMIKIO products are crafted using the traditional woodturning technique called kijibiki, where logs are carved into products while rotating on a lathe.
DETAILS
Quantity | 1 |
Size | D 6 cm (2.3 in) x H 4 cm (1.5 in) |
Capacity | 45 ml (1.5 fl oz) |
Material |
Wood |
Microwave | No |
Dishwasher | No |
Maker / Brand
GATOMIKIO is a brand name of company GATO MIKIO SHOUTEN, a specialist in Japanese woodworking techniques. They are especially skilled in bringing out the beauty that only natural wood grain can have. Their concentric-circle carving results in striking silhouettes.
Never compromising on quality of materials, precision of wood turning, or clarity of lacquer, GATOMIKIO creates pieces that are at once elegant, long-lasting, and functional.
GATO MIKIO SHOUTEN was originally founded as Gato Sawmill in 1908 in Yamanaka Onsen, a town famous for wood turning. Following the spirit of the original wood turners, they continue to aspire to woodworking perfection, with pieces completed individually by craftspeople.
Crafts
Yamanaka lacquerware, also known as Yamanaka shikki, is a kind of lacquerware produced in the Yamanaka Onsen district of Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture. This lacquerware is unique in that it blends wood grain's natural elegance 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 incorporates a modern sense of design while inheriting a tradition that has lasted for 400 years.
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