Soup bowl, rice bowl Mari, Urushi natural

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High quality soup bowl, rice bowl, cereal bowl and dessert bowl directly from Japan. The bowl is handmade at Gato Mikio, one of the most famous manufacturers of high-end lacquerware in Japan with rich tradition. The Japanese bowls from this manufactory convince by the material, the processing and the several times awarded design. Shikki (lacquerware) or Urushi refers to Japanese dinnerware made in the traditional way with natural raw materials. This rice bowl is made of Japanese zelkove, one of the most powerful and valuable trees in Asia, and hand-turned using the Yamanaka process. Each shape corresponds to a special traditional request for the user. Diameter 9.8 cm
Good Design Award 2016
Design Plus Award
German Design Award 2012

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"Soup bowl, rice bowl Mari, Urushi natural"

Real Japanese lacquer art

Dining from exquisite Shikki bowls is an age-old tradition and pure pleasure. They are light, beautiful and of selected naturalness. Genuine Japanese lacquerware is very durable craftsmanship, which is more and more appreciated all over the world by connoisseurs of modern Asian table culture. Their shapes are modern, extremely aesthetic and wonderfully pleasant to the hand. The production is traditional, truly masterful and makes each bowl an exquisite element on the stylishly set table. The precious wood of Japanese zelkove proudly displays its beautiful grain under the natural Urushi varnish, a biological tree resin varnish that protects, preserves and makes the surface a caress for the hands.

Tsumugi by Gato Mikio

This product series includes traditional Japanese food bowls used as soup bowls, rice bowls, cereal bowls or even for desserts. The naming of the series is based on a particularly exclusive and valuable silk: Yuki Tsumugi. This silk, produced by a special weaving technique, has a very special softness and pattern. Very similar feels who takes the rice bowls of the series Tsumugi in the hand. The wood of the Japanese zelkove is perfectly suited for traditional processing. The surface becomes unusually soft and gentle, delicately textured and resistant due to the well-known pliability of the wood. In this way, unusually beautiful shapes can be produced. Designer Ishizaki Ikuaji - umu design - studied the high school of design at Osaka University. \"Kiji-Rokuro-biki\" is the name of the traditional processing technique used to make wooden vessels in Yamanaka at Gato Mikio. A special process is used as early as the sawing stage, making the products more resistant to deformation. The artisans then work in precisely defined steps with special tools to shape them.

Zelkove, the wood of temple builders and bow masters

The zelkove belongs to the elm family and is revered in Japan as a very special tree and is also called kaeki. It is relatively rare and is therefore only used for really high-quality products. The ring-porous wood is very durable and resistant, it is one of the best you can get, for example, for furniture or even buildings. In Japan, you can visit temples that were built with this wood over a thousand years ago and still have the original beams. Another application is the construction of the famous Japanese bows (yumi). Because the wood of the zelkove is hard, resistant and at the same time absolutely elastic, the best Japanese bows are made of zelkove.

All products are unique. Slight deviations from the picture are possible.

Colour:	Brown
Artist/ Master:	Ikumi Ishizaki, umu design
Lacquerware Series:	Mari
Care:	Wash by hand To avoid scratches, ideally use only spoons or chopsticks
Rice bowl material:	Zelkove, japanese elm
Protective lacquer:	Urethan
Maße:	Ø 9,8 cm, H 7,4 cm

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Gato Mikio

The company Gato Mikio was founded in 1908 in Yamanaka Onsen by Kaga as a wood workshop called Wareto. Yamanaka Onsen is located in Ishikawa Prefecture in western Japan, approximately at the same latitude as Tokyo. For 450 years, Ishikawa Prefecture has been known for producing lacquerware (lacquerware, urushi), wooden products with elaborate lacquer coatings. The Gato Mikio workshop utilizes the advantages of traditional Yamanaka lacquerware production, where high-quality, selected woods are precisely shaped using a potter's wheel. In this way, Gato Miko has created exceptionally beautiful Japanese wooden tableware, which has been awarded numerous design prizes. With the same craftsmanship, specially designed tea caddies, bowls, and tablets for green tea are also produced from wood.

Craftsmanship perfection and stylish, modern design are the outstanding features of Gato Mikio's products. With unique, sophisticated design products, this workshop has earned an excellent reputation worldwide. Gato Mikio is one of the leading manufacturers of high-end lacquerware in Japan and is among the most renowned worldwide.