Unused item from storage. Diameter: 245mm Color: Tame-iro (dark reddish-brown) Recently became famous as the tableware loved by Haruma Miura. Currently, it takes about 6 months from order to receipt. Jōbōji lacquerware, famous for the lectures of Jakucho Setouchi, originates from the Jōbōji Temple in Iwate Prefecture (now Ninohe City), the oldest temple in the Tohoku region where Setouchi served as chief priest. It began 1200 years ago when monks started making it for temple furnishings. Jōbōji, the largest lacquer producing area in Japan, has gained attention because of the Jōbōji lacquer that made it possible to restore the lacquer from the Jomon period unearthed from the Sannai Maruyama site and the Kinkaku-ji Temple. Jōbōji lacquerware developed for everyday use, so in the 1960s when plastic products became widespread, it could not survive as a high-end product like other production areas and was quickly devastated. After nearly 20 years, it was Shoji Iwadate and his son Takashi who revived Jōbōji lacquerware as everyday lacquerware. They established the Jōbōji Lacquerware Craft Cooperative. Jōbōji lacquerware is for everyday use, so it is by no means a high-end craft product, but it is undoubtedly traditional Japanese lacquerware with over 20 undercoat processes carefully applied, and it can be repaired repeatedly, and is durable enough to be used for 100 years. It has no ornamentation, but its color and luster increase with daily use. The lacquerer, traditional craftsman Takashi Iwadate, uses "Jōbōji lacquer" refined by himself. Made using plenty of carefully selected lacquer by the lacquer craftsmen themselves, "Jōbōji lacquer" (Jōbōji urushi), a high-quality lacquer harvested in the Jōbōji area of Ninohe City, northern Iwate Prefecture. #wasabi lacquerware