Polished With a Fingerprint: Kyo-nuri Lacquer by Miki Hyoetsu IV

JUN 04 2026

Polished With a Fingerprint: Kyo-nuri Lacquer by Miki Hyoetsu IV

Full process film on Kyoto lacquer, in which the fourth-generation lacquerer builds and burnishes the black ground by hand to produce the characteristic waves of light.

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