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Kiso Ebiya

Kiso-Fukushima · Japan

Magewappa bentwood boxes and Kiso lacquerware from the craft's birthplace town

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What Kiso Ebiya is known for

Kiso Ebiya has worked as a lacquer artisan workshop for around 160 years in Kiso-Fukushima, Nagano — the town regarded as the birthplace of Kiso lacquerware, not Fukushima Prefecture. It makes hinoki magewappa bentwood boxes and lacquer-coated chopsticks and tableware.