{"product_id":"wajima-lacquer-natsume-hanaikada-autumn-maple-gold-maki-e-signed-box","title":"Wajima Lacquer Natsume — Hanaikada Autumn Maple Gold Maki-e, Signed Box","description":"Wajima lacquerware natsume with gold and red maki-e depicting autumn maple leaves, flowing water, and a raft in the hanaikada motif — a tea caddy for collectors of Wajima-nuri, autumn-theme maki-e lacquerware, and signed Japanese lacquer tea caddies with nashiji technique.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Name: 輪島塗 棗 花筏 (Wajima-nuri Natsume, Hanaikada)\u003cbr\u003e• Decoration: Black lacquer ground; gold and red maki-e — autumn maple, flowing water, raft; cherry blossoms; nashiji ground accents\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Gold maki-e, nashiji (pear-skin gold ground), takamaki-e elements\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Signed artist's box (共箱)\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent lacquer surface; maki-e vivid\u003cbr\u003e• SKU: 260318_a_2522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ CULTURAL CONTEXT ]\u003cbr\u003eHanaikada — the flower raft — is one of the canonical motifs of Japanese decorative arts. Petals fallen onto flowing water, carried on the current: it is a composition about transience and the beauty inseparable from it. In the tea ceremony, an autumn natsume bearing this motif asks the guest to be present to the season — not just in the garden but in the object held across the lacquered surface. Wajima-nuri, produced in the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture, is the standard against which Japanese lacquerware is measured.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ DEEP DIVE ]\u003cbr\u003eWajima lacquerware (輪島塗) achieves its durability through a process of multiple lacquer layers applied over a fabric-reinforced base (nunokise), ground and polished between each coat. The process for a single piece can involve over a hundred steps. Nashiji — the pear-skin gold ground — is created by sifting gold powder of varying particle sizes onto wet lacquer to create a shimmering field. Against this, the hanaikada motif in takamaki-e (raised gold) creates depth through physical relief, the composition existing in multiple planes simultaneously.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e【日本語】\u003cbr\u003e輪島塗 棗「花筏」。黒漆地に金蒔絵と赤絵で紅葉・流水・筏・桜の花びらを描いた秋の景色。梨子地技法も確認できる精巧な蒔絵。共箱。輪島塗の品質基準を体現する作品です。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ SHIPPING \u0026amp; PACKAGING ]\u003cbr\u003e• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days\u003cbr\u003e• Carrier: Japan Post EMS \/ UPS (with tracking)\u003cbr\u003e• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61687507288434,"sku":"260318_a_2522","price":954.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m59556509237_1.jpg?v=1774105810","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/wajima-lacquer-natsume-hanaikada-autumn-maple-gold-maki-e-signed-box","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}