of 400+ Japanese Imperial LACQUER ITEMS,
Hand-Crafted Luxury with the Finest Quality since 1919.

Because these boxes are thoroughly made by hands of our artisans,
stocks may be limited at times.

UME DOME BOX

Maru Kashi-ki
Eda-ume Maki-e

Japanese UME Roses,
Season's Favourite Flowers from Centuries Ago.

Sweet in scent and deep in colour. Round petals in the perfect symmetry.
Ume roses are all time favourite flowers of the Japanese.
They have been adored by the Japanese painters so much that
there exists numerous classic colours with ume-related origins.

What captures hearts of the Japanese is their beautiful flowering.
Upon the coming of the thaw, ume roses bear flowers before any other plants do.
Their blooming marks the beginning of the Japanese spring.

Ume roses are designed on these round boxes,
adorned with traditional URUSHI lacquer and genuine MAKI-E gold gilding.

The flowers, as the most popular motif in Japanese Art,
add a sense of sweet serenity to the ware.
The Japanese Emperor and His Imperial Family are of many who have been enchanted.

Sweet in scent and deep in colour. Round petals in the perfect symmetry.
Ume roses will adorn your table with Japanese luxury.

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About YAMADA HEIANDO:
We are Proud Purveyor of Lacquerware
to JAPANESE IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD.

• YAMADA HEIANDO is a Japanese lacquerware brand, with more than 90 years of history and traditions. Founded in 1919 in Tokyo, Japan, we have always been serving the finest lacquer items. The extensive lineup ranges from classic sets of tableware to jewelry boxes in luxury, with more than 400 items in total.

  Our customers include: the Japanese Emperor and his Imperial Family, Foreign Embassies of Japan, renowned shrines and temples for worship, major global enterprises, and, of course, private individuals throughout the world.

  In the hope that more people will feel the art of lacquerware, we use only the best materials for our best craftsmen to work in. Genuine URUSHI lacquer in red and black, sparkling MAKI-E gilding in gold, delicate RADEN inlays of mother-of-pearls. We hold pride in possessing such techniques of Japanese traditions, still as unique as they were centuries ago.

Sparkling MAKI-E Gilding with
Ultrafine Gold Powders.

• A renowned decoration technique in Japan's lacquerware creation, MAKI-E gilding applies gold in multiple yet thin layers. We draw pictures by sprinkling ultrafine gold powders over wet lacquer.

  What characterises our MAKI-E gilding is its soothing touch, made possible with our wide variety of gold powders. We have more than 300 variations in total, each with different nuance in size, thickness, and form.

  They have been hammered out from solid gold to 1-1.2/10,000mm, so thin that it lets light shine right through.

• MAKI-E gilding can be classified further depending on how they are finished: HIRA MAKI-E for a flat finish and TAKA MAKI-E for a high finish.

  In flat HIRA MAKI-E, the design is first drawn on a special tracing paper and then traced onto the undercoated surface in golden lacquer. Various types of fine paint brushes are used, so that gold powders will adhere evenly when sprinkled over.

  The glittering particles are to be put more than thoroughly in multiple sizes, from 0.005mm to 0.3mm in diameter, to ensure complete coverage.

  It is only with artisans' exceptional skills to spread lacquer thin and powders uniform that the whole surface stays flat. Smooth to the touch but stunning to the eyes, powdered and plain areas become borderless.

• Once the lacquer has been dried off in a chamber and excess gold is removed with a soft cotton ball, a clear outline of the design comes up to the surface.

  The sparkling powders are to be covered with additional coats of finishing lacquer, to give the final gloss as well as to protect them from falling off. These coating layers are done extremely thin that the powders' gold texture is still tangible.

  At last, elaborate design features, including veins of leaves or filaments of flowers, are drawn on the gold powders with thin lines of matching coloured lacquer.

• High TAKA MAKI-E follows basically the same process, except that it has an additional step in the initial design tracing. After painting the design onto the undercoated surface, gold foils are cut in precise patterns and pasted to enhance the design in high relief.

  The surface is then covered with layers of golden lacquer, sparkling powders in the same colour, and finishing lacquer to reflect the glitter of light.

  TAKA MAKI-E is what makes the design three-dimensional, one distinguishing characteristic of traditional Japanese Art.

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URUSHI Lacquer Coating,
Highly Rare and 100% Ecological.

• URUSHI lacquer is a 100% ecological coating material made from sap of special trees (Rhus Verniciflua). One tree can produce 200ml sap at most in a lifetime, which makes it highly rare.

  The history goes back as far as 3.4 million years to the Stone Age, when URUSHI lacquer was used as an adhesive in Asia. With high resistance even to acid and alkali and a natural tendency to solidify at room temperature, the 100% ecological coating has developed suitable for daily use.

• It was the Japanese, however, that first recognised the beauty inherent in lacquerware.

  URUSHI lacquer trees may grow in other Asian countries, but Japanese ones are famous for containing the most amount of sparkling component (It is named in Japanese, Urushiol.). Our URUSHI lacquer has 65-70% of shining urushiol in comparison to others' 5-10%.

  The perfectly smooth surface, reflecting the light and sparkling vivid colours. We refined the coating technique to the level where it became nothing but art.

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Coloured Lacquer

The colour palette is made by blending clear URUSHI lacquer with mineral-based pigments.

Japanese UME Roses

( Ume 梅 )

• Symbols of high spirits
• Recommended as celebration gifts, especially for birthdays and anniversaries
  
  For corporate gifts and other large orders, please contact us via email.
  We will be happy to help you.

4 variations in size and colour, for your favourite use.

Each size is hand-painted with a different touch.

Original logo.
As a proof of authenticity, we put our logo on the back of each item.

of 400+ Japanese Imperial LACQUER ITEMS,
Hand-Crafted Luxury with the Finest Quality since 1919.

Because these boxes are thoroughly made by hands of our artisans,
stocks may be limited at times.