Japanese Tsugaru Nuri Lacquer Zataku Table - Taisho Era Material - Roheda Wood and so much nicer than

and so much nicer than using modern plastic

it drops to -20 degrees celsius in northern China

however it is made from reclaimed louvre shutters and old teak which is salvaged from old buildings in South India

creating a wonderfully textured patina that cannot be reproduced

Japanese Tsugaru Nuri Lacquer Zataku Table - Taisho Era Material - Roheda Wood and so much nicer thanThis Japanese zataku table (low table, ) is crafted in tsugaru nuri lacquer with inclusions of mother of pearl (raden) flakes. Zataku were known as communal dining tables which came to prominence in the Taish era (1912 1926). It would be a dramatic and functional coffee table. Tsugaru nuri lacquer technique mimics the beautiful depths and patterns on the seabed of Wakasa Bay. It is painstakingly intensive work involving hundreds of layers of lacquer,