A beautiful confectionery container with a red lacquer finish and a plant design. - Shape: Round - Color: Red and wood grain - Decoration: Plant design - Year of manufacture: Heisei 10 (1998) - Material: Wood About Yakumo-nuri In the early Meiji era, Heichi Sakata, a lacquerware craftsman from Matsue, came up with the idea based on Chinese lacquerware and named it Yakumo-nuri, after the ancient Izumo poem "Yakumo Tatsu." After drawing patterns using various colored lacquer, mother-of-pearl, gold and silver powder on the coated base, a layer of fine natural transparent lacquer is applied on top, and then polished using traditional techniques. The greatest characteristic of Yakumo-nuri, which is not found in other production areas, is that the transparency of this transparent lacquer increases over the years, and the patterns drawn on it appear vividly. Thank you for viewing.