Shippo Kumiko Long Tray Serving Plate and soups hold their shape

and soups hold their shape well during cooking while allowing the broth to gently permeate the ingredients and bring out deeper umami

the crane is regarded as a symbol of longevity and prosperity

Each stripe is painted by hand

The rich thickness of the cup helps keep drinks warm

Both ends are slightly lifted for easy handling

Shippo Kumiko Long Tray Serving Plate and soups hold their shapeThis is a long tray with a shippo pattern made of Kumiko work. Shippo means "seven treasures" in the Japanese Buddhist scriptures, and represents items that are very precious. It is a pattern of circles overlapping each other and connected, and it continues endlessly in different directions, imitating a luminous treasure. Kumiko is a woodworking technique in which wood is assembled without using nails, and shoji screens and ranma (transoms) with