Byakudan-nuri

Sprinkling Kin-Dei (gold powders mixed with glue) or Gin-Dei (Silver powders mixed with glue), gold or silver foils all over the surface and final coat with clear Urushi  to finish called Byakudan-nuri.  Please refer to Byakudan-nuri Section.

BYAG-1, Lion on Genkai

BYAG-1

BYAG-2

BYAG-3

BYAG-4

BYAT-1G

BYAT-1R

BYAT-2G

BYAT-2R

BYAT-3G

BYAT-3R

BYAT-4G

BYAT-4R

Negoro-nuri

Today, Negoro-nuri is called either "modern" Negoro-nuri or "Ko"(old) Negoronuri, which purposely imitate the genuine Negoro-nuri that has aged to the point that the black Urushi has appeared from under the red Urushi. There is also Akebono-nuri, which is the look of black Urushi surface and red Urushi reappears after it is worn out. The "modern" Negoro-nuri and "modern" Akebono-nuri are all finished in Riro-migaki, burnished to bring out the luster of the Urushi. Since this is a Nuri (painting) work, a Nu-shi like Nakakado-san specializes in this Nuri.

MN-1, Modern Negoro-nuri

MA-2, Modern Akebono-nuri

KN-3, Ko Negoro-nuri ( Old Ne-goro-nuri )

KA-4, Ko Akebono-nuri ( Old Ake-bono-nuri )

MN-1
MA-2
KN-3
KA-4

Ishime-kinji

Use very small size gold powders to thinly sprinkle onto the surface and in several minutes later sprinkle again with much more heavily to make surface rough.   Or use smaller sizes of gold powders to sprinkle over the surface first, and then, use larger sizes to follow later to make the surface uneven like the surface of stone called Ishimeji.   And make the surface with all gold powders this way called Ishime-kinji.

IS2EC-RD
IS2EC-BK
IS2EC-BL
IS2E-BG

Nami-nuri

This Nami-nuri (Wavy Look) painted with brushes and then, the gold powder was sprinkled in gradation way.

KW5-3RD
KW5-3BK
KW5-3BL
KW5-3TL
KW5-3PU
KW5-3WN

Nashiji-nuri

Nashiji-nuri Variation: Nashiji-nuri use fine size gold powders to sprinkle on base already painted with Urushi in black or other colors and burnished. And the surface is covered with clear Urushi and it is burnished until the coating just thick enough to keep the powders underneath and shiny. The look is like the skin of pear (Nashi) and that's why they call it Nashiji-nuri. But the craftsmen always like to do something new and different. So they use flattened gold powders called Hirame which is larger then Nashiji powders sprinkle on the surface as Nashiji does, but the coatings will be burnished until the Hirame shows up from the beneath. The Hirame will look even shinier than Nashiji and since the powders are larger than Nashiji, the effect will be more visible.

Then, the craftsmen like to try something else more between these different powders and techniques and some other materials such as abalone shells or eggshells, different types of Urushi,etc. that they will have almost unlimited ideas for these free style pattern works.
And they call all of them "Kawari-nuri". So, they say that so far there are at least 10,000 different Kawari-nuri since 400 years ago.

Nashiji-nuri on Mikado

NA-2BK
NA-2RD
NA-2GR

Nashiji-nuri on Flat Top Takumi

NA-5BK
NA-5RD
NA-5GR
NA-5GRII
NA-5PK

Sabi Urushi

Urushi mixed with polishing powder called Sabi, and use this Sabi as its base. Sabi can make the surface rougher look than Shibo-urushi with different effect.

Iwahada-nuri

KY-14

Ginnami-nuri

Silver wave look painted lines with brushes.  Base making first and use brush to paint with Sabi Urushi wave look lines, and burnished when the Urushi is dried, followed by black Urushi painting. Crude Urushi in black is thinly painted and #7 silver powder is sprinkled after the Urushi is dried. The work is done by repeatedly polished, Roiro-shiage.

KY-16

Take-nuri

Make Sabi Urushi by mixing Urushi with very fine mineral polishing powder to lose the fluid character of Urushi. And use this Sabi-urushi to raise the parts to look like bamboo joints. And use spatula to make the shapes.  Colored Urushi is painted when the Sabi-urushi is dried, and then, the designs can be done by adding some work of Maki-e or carving work on it.

N-911BR (Goma-dake in Brown)

N-911BR

N-911GR (Ao-dake in Green)

N-911GR

N-911GK (Kuro-dake in Black)

N-911GK

N-911RD (Aka-dake in Red)

N-911RD

N-912K (Kin-dake in Gold) with sterling silver clip

N-912K

N-917K (Kin-dake with Maki-e) with sterling silver clip

N-917K

N-917BK (Kuro-dake with Maki-e) with sterling silver clip

N-917BK

N-917GY (Grey with Maki-e) with sterling silver clip

N-917GY

N-917RD (Red with Maki-e) with sterling silver clip

N-917RD

N-917BR (Brown with Maki-e) with sterling silver clip

N-917BR

KW5-6BL
KW5-6BR
KW5-6GR
KW5-6GY
KW5-6TL
KW5-6WN