{"product_id":"akita-sugi-x-kabazaiku-bon-wooden-cherry-bark-tray","title":"Akita Sugi x Kabazaiku Bon - Wooden Cherry Bark Tray","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis unique small wooden tray merges the two traditional woodworking products of Akita Prefecture: Akita Sugi and kabazaiku. This tray is perfect for using with one kyusu and yunomi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAkita Sugi (秋田杉) or Akita Cedar is known for its beautiful, dense, even grain and pleasant aroma. Used in bentwood (magewappa) crafts as well as timber construction, cedar production provided an important source of revenue for the Satake clan which ruled Akita during the Edo period. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe kabazaiku (樺細工, also 桜皮細工) technique of hand-scraping, polishing, and pasting wild cherry bark is unique to Akita Prefecture in northern Japan, where the technique was brought to the town of Kakunodate (角館) in Akita by the Satake family of samurai in the 1700s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned by Hashimoto Yukio (橋本夕紀夫). Made by Tomioka in Daisen, Akita Prefecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo clean, wipe with a damp cloth. Avoid washing or soaking the tray as this can weaken the paste that holds the cherry bark to the wood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tomioka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45548281659436,"sku":"US-Z153","price":64.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/9174\/7116\/files\/download_c7296e9e-34d3-42c1-9a7d-e64f3dfb4592.jpg?v=1779028431","url":"https:\/\/rak1pm-kn.myshopify.com\/products\/akita-sugi-x-kabazaiku-bon-wooden-cherry-bark-tray","provider":"NEBULAPRIMEX ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}