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  • "Three-part composition showing artisan hands polishing Wakasa-nuri lacquered chopsticks with abalone shell fragments emerging from black lacquer layers through wet grinding; still-life of three chopstick traditions including glossy black Wakasa-nuri with shell inlay, plain Yoshino cedar double-tapered rikyū-bashi, and willow iwai-bashi celebration chopsticks with calligraphy sleeve; hand using tapered chopstick to lift single rice grain showing needle-fine tip, illustrating four hundred years of Japanese chopstick craft from sixty-step lacquer artistry to single-use purity and personal ownership."
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    Two Sticks, Four Hundred Years: The Making of Japanese Chopsticks

    Two Sticks, Four Hundred Years: The Making of Japanese Chopsticks Japan is the only chopstick culture that made the tool personal, tapered it to a point, and then built an entire industry around throwing it away. A small town on the Sea of Japan produces most of the country's lacquered pairs. A different tradition i...
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