Kyoto-Shikki

Kyoto-Shikki

Japan

Kyo Shikki, also known as Kyoto Lacquerware, is a craft form that the Raden technique of thin, rainbow-colored layering of mother-of-pearl and inlaid into lacquer. The characteristic feature of Kyo lacquerware is the fact that it exemplifies the traditional aesthetic of wabi-sabi, a unique concept that contrasts rustic and natural ‘wabi’ against change, dynamism, and growth (sabi).