Smoky-Resin Soup Bowls Smoky Red
Crafted in Japan, this Yamanaka-nuri soup bowl combines traditional lacquerware aesthetics with modern durability. Made from high-quality resin, it is exceptionally lightweight and break-resistant, making it perfect for daily use.
The highlight of this piece is its sophisticated two-tone (bicolor) design, meticulously hand-painted by skilled artisans. Its versatile look pairs beautifully not only with Japanese cuisine but also with Western-style dinnerware. For a complete and cohesive table setting, we recommend pairing it with the matching rice bowl from the same collection.
Product Specifications
- Material: Resin with urethane finish (modern lacquerware)
- Origin: Made in Yamanaka Onsen, Ishikawa, Japan
- Dimensions: 4.2" (Diameter) x 3.0" (H)
- Dishwasher Safe: Yes
- Microwave Safe: Yes
- Oven / IH / Open Flame: No
- Temperature Resistance: -4°F to 284°F
Please Note: As each bowl is hand-painted by artisans, there may be slight variations in paint thickness and color tone. We hope you enjoy these subtle differences as a unique characteristic of handcrafted quality.
About Yamanaka-nuri
In the late 1500s a community of lathe-turners settled at Yamanaka Onsen, the hot-spring district of what is now Kaga City in Ishikawa, and began turning wooden bowls as souvenirs for people who came to take the waters. Four hundred years later the district is still known as kiji no Yamanaka - Yamanaka of the wood - and remains Japan's foremost center of woodturning, where timber is cut vertically so the lathe follows the grain and a bowl can be turned remarkably thin.
Those same workshops also lead Japan's kindai shikki, or modern lacquerware, and that is what this piece is: a resin body finished in urethane rather than wood and urushi. The substitution is deliberate. It keeps the region's forms and its deep, even sheen, but it is light, it will not chip when it is dropped, it takes colors and shapes that wood could never hold, and it goes straight into the microwave and the dishwasher.
