[Japanese ancient art] Wajima Tuhamaguchi Yuyuki haiku Maki-e black lacquer dish 5 guest fruit dish lacquerware

**Maki-e lacquerware** Lacquerware has a luxurious and noble visual style, using gold or silver powder and colored lacquer to decorate the lacquerware, called Maki-e. The technique of Maki-e emerged from the Heian period in Japan. It was originally an imperial item for princes and nobles, and began to spread to the general town class in the Edo period, becoming an indispensable treasure in wealthy merchants and banquets. Maki-e is a Japanese lacquer decoration technique. "Maki" has the meaning of "scattering". It can be said that it is a technique of painting using powder spraying. Various types of powder are sprinkled on the surface by using the stickiness of lacquer when it is semi-drying. to produce a variety of colors. The lacquerware products produced by Wajima Tu can be said to be the first in the world. It takes more than 14 months to complete a piece of work. The production process is extremely complicated and up to 124 processes, which are divided by 6-7 workers. A work of art that requires high-precision craftsmanship and is drawn with a single stroke. **How to care for lacquerware** People often worry about whether lacquerware can hold hot food. In fact, as long as it is hot food that can be eaten, there is no problem. Cleaning lacquerware is actually the same as ordinary ceramics. No special maintenance is required. , but pay special attention not to soak in water for a long time, and the hardness of lacquerware is not high, and it is easy to cause scratches, so lacquerware products can only be washed by hand or sponge with water.