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For four centuries, the town of Obama in Fukui Prefecture, Japan, has manufactured lacquerware. Especially lacquered chopsticks have been recognised as the hardest and most beautiful of Japanese lacquer chopsticks. Chopsticks ordinarily come in pairs, but the rassen chopsticks are a single unit. They’re separated into two for eating, then rejoined into one form when not in use.

Places:
EXPO Milano 2015 Japan Pavilion Gallery Space
Client:
Wakasa-nuri for Hashikura Matsukan
Collaborator:
fna
Photographer:
Hiroshi Iwasaki
2015.05