About our chopsticks
technique

Until you make chopsticks

At Hyozaemon, we use natural materials and carefully make chopsticks one by one by craftsmen. Taking advantage of the various techniques cultivated from the predecessor, we continue to make warm chopsticks that cannot be expressed in mass production while inheriting them.

Kezuri chopsticks

Kezuri chopsticks
Easy to use for 99.9% of people. Kezuri chopsticks that fit in 99.9% of hands.
The masterpiece of Hyozaemon, which pursues ultimate ease of holding and use, is chopsticks that aim to fit in the hands of 99.9% of people. Chopsticks made by hand-cutting hard wood such as ebony fit a wide variety of hands. The profound feeling of wood and the natural luster of natural lacquer bring calm to the table. It has a reassuring appearance that doesn't look strange, and a feeling of use that tells customers that once they use it, they can't let go. We provide 100% satisfaction to 99.9% of people.
  • SubdivisionSubdivision
  • Work sceneryWork scenery
  • Chopstick tip processingChopstick tip processing
  • pickled lacquerpickled lacquer
Kezuri chopsticks work process
All processes are done manually. For (6) to (10), it takes one week to ten days for the lacquer to dry per process.All processes are done manually. For (6) to (10), it takes one week to ten days for the lacquer to dry per process.
  • 1. Small wood
  • 2. Sword attachment
  • 3. Through
  • 4. Top cutting
  • 5. Scraping
  • 6. Pickpocket lacquer
  • 7. Pickpocket lacquer
  • 8. Pickpocket lacquer
  • 9. Pickpocket lacquer
  • 10. Pickpocket lacquer five
  • 11. Screen

Traditional Wakasa lacquerTraditional Wakasa lacquer

Traditional Wakasa lacquer
Arranged in a contemporary style while paying homage to tradition. Beautiful traditional Wakasa lacquer that can be said to be a work of art.
Wakasa Nuri is said to have started when Sanjuro Matsuura, a painter of the Obama Domain, designed the seabed with the hint of lacquer ware that came to China. The latter half of Edo was the golden age of Wakasa lacquer, and more than 200 types of lacquer methods such as "foil stamping," "polishing," "raden," and "lacquer work" were completed. Hyozaemon's Wakasa-nuri chopsticks have been arranged to suit modern lifestyles and interiors while paying homage to the Wakasa-nuri tradition. The chopsticks, which are made by applying multiple layers of lacquer and carefully polishing them, have a beautiful finish that can be said to be a work of art. Please enjoy the elegant luster peculiar to lacquer.
  • RadenRaden
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  • Brush paintingBrush paintingBrush painting
  • SharpeningSharpening
Traditional Wakasa coating work process
All processes are done manually. (5) to (10) are about one week per process. (21) Painted red, (23) Painted green for two weeks. (22) It takes about 20 days to apply yellow. It takes about two years to complete because it gradually dries and dries the lacquer.All processes are done manually. (5) to (10) are about one week per process. (21) Painted red, (23) Painted green for two weeks. (22) It takes about 20 days to apply yellow. It takes about two years to complete because it gradually dries and dries the lacquer.
  • 1. Polishing the tip of chopsticks
  • 2. Pickpocket lacquer
  • 3. Dry lacquer
  • 4. Dry lacquer holder
  • 5. Chopsticks first coat
  • 6. Chopsticks first coat
  • 7. Chopsticks first coat three "
  • 8. Chopsticks first coat four
  • 9. Chopsticks first coat 5
  • 10. Chopsticks first coat six
  • 11. Polishing the tip of chopsticks
  • 12. Chopsticks first coat seven
  • 13. Chopsticks first coat eight
  • 14. Chopsticks first coat nine
  • 15. Painting
  • 16. Painting a few
  • 17. Patterning position line drawing
  • 18. With eggshell
  • 19. Eggshell holding
  • 20. Painted black
  • 21. Painted yellow
  • 22. Painted green
  • 23. Painted green
  • 24. Foil
  • 25. Painted vermilion
  • 26. Painted vermilion
  • 27. Painted Zhu Gozo
  • 28. Painted vermilion four
  • 29. Painted vermilion go
  • 30. Painted vermilion six
  • 31. Painted black 5 times
  • 32. Sharpening

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