Gold Maki-e Wooden Lacquerware Antique Lacquerware Maki-e Soup Bowls Bowls with Lids, 20 pieces Saki-shu Chinkin E-tsuke: Indicates that the color red is applied first, and the techniques of chinkin (gold inlay) and e-tsuke (painting/maki-e) are used. Nunochiki Kenji: Means that a sturdy base technique using cloth is applied. Suimono-wan: Refers to a bowl for serving soup. Ju-mai: Indicates that the set consists of 20 bowls. These items were found in my grandfather's storehouse. 5 of the 20 pieces appear to be unused. There is some soiling. They will be shipped as is.