福井県·工芸品
Wakasa Lacquerware Chopsticks
A deep hue that looks as if it has captured the very bottom of the sea. These are 'Wakasa Lacquerware Chopsticks,' a traditional craft that the city of Obama in Fukui Prefecture takes great pride in. Its origins date back over 400 years. It is said that the official lacquer artists of the Obama Clan devised the design by visualizing the appearance of the seabed. Abalone shells and eggshells are layered dozens of times with lacquer, then meticulously polished using stones and charcoal. That mesmerizingly beautiful pattern is born from a unique technique where all ten or more processes are performed entirely by hand. Today, Obama accounts for approximately 80% of all lacquered chopsticks produced in Japan. Because these are chopsticks you hold in your hands every day, you want to choose the real thing. They are a crystallization of craftsmanship that becomes more comfortable in your hand and grows more dear to you the more you use them.
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