{"product_id":"soup-bowl-urushi-lacquerd-akane","title":"Urushi lacquered soup bowl in deep red","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Aizu lacquerware (会津漆器), Fukushima Prefecture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Hasori silhouette with sweeping outward curves; Akita castor aralia (sen) wood\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- 12cm wide, 7cm tall; hand-lacquered in deep red\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePick up an urushi lacquer bowl and the first thing you notice is how little it weighs. The second thing is how it keeps the heat inside without passing it to your hands. These two qualities together are what made lacquerware Japan's everyday table companion long before ceramics were widely available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis soup bowl is made in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, a city whose lacquerware tradition dates back centuries and whose craftsmen continue to work in the same careful way today. The wood is Akita castor aralia (sen), grown in the cold of Hokkaido, which produces a particularly light and fine-grained timber well suited to thin-walled bowls. The Hasori (端反り) shape features gracefully sweeping curves that flare outward at the rim, making the bowl easy to lift to the mouth with both hands in the traditional Japanese way. The deep red urushi finish is built from multiple hand-applied coats, each one dried and polished before the next is added.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Other","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52928476053847,"sku":"BOW-LAC-WDH-001-RED","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/9328\/9303\/files\/DSC04716.jpg?v=1777221963","url":"https:\/\/iromizu.co.uk\/products\/soup-bowl-urushi-lacquerd-akane","provider":"iromizu","version":"1.0","type":"link"}