{"product_id":"two-sided-hakeme-circle-kaiseki-placemat","title":"Two-Sided Hakeme Circle Kaiseki Placemat","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis rectangular placemat tray is sized to hold a whole course at once—the bowls, the small dishes, the chopsticks—and rest on the table as one setting. The wood is \u003cem\u003eshinanoki\u003c\/em\u003e, a lightweight variety of Japanese linden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe brushwork is left visible, a technique called \u003cem\u003ehakeme\u003c\/em\u003e. Across the middle, the lacquer is swept in a slow circle; around the borders it is drawn straight, edge to edge. Run a finger over it, and the ridges left by the brush are still there, and under low light, they catch and hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis placemat has two faces, both finished, both meant for the table. One is \u003cem\u003enegoro\u003c\/em\u003e: vermilion red lacquer wiped over black, the red thin enough to allow hints of the black to emerge from underneath. The other is \u003cem\u003eakebono\u003c\/em\u003e, literally “daybreak.” Black worked over red just enough to allow the red to rise through the dark like light before sunrise, revealing new shifts in character with each fresh angle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth faces keep developing as they live alongside you. Lacquer polishes as it ages, and the same years that draw the black forward on the one face draw the red up through the other. Which side sits upward is yours to decide, meal to meal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne placemat, two faces. Set the meal down, and leave it to them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oharabunpeido","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48381778624701,"sku":"OHR001924","price":222.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/0461\/8173\/files\/260914_scenecut_SUZ.07.jpg?v=1790218288","url":"https:\/\/musubikiln.com\/products\/two-sided-hakeme-circle-kaiseki-placemat","provider":"MUSUBI KILN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}