• Pair of brown chopsticks with glossy black upper sections, cat motifs, and gold-colored accents.
  • Cat-patterned chopsticks beside a length indicator, with a circular close-up of the tips.
  • Front view of paired chopsticks with black cat-patterned tops, brown shafts, and a white label.
  • Close-up of pale cat motifs, gold-colored flowers, and narrow bands on glossy black chopstick tops.
  • Close-up of the brown chopsticks' tapered, faceted tips.
  • Angled view of black chopstick tops decorated with cats and flowers, adjoining brown shafts.
  • Low-angle close-up of glossy black chopstick ends with pale cats and gold-colored flowers.
  • Cat-patterned chopsticks on a pink flower-shaped rest beside two bowls on a brown patterned placemat.
  • Table setting with cat-patterned chopsticks, a pink flower-shaped rest, and white and dark red bowls.
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Ishida Fukuneko Black Maki-e Chopsticks – 23 cm

Ishida Fukuneko Black Maki-e Chopsticks – 23 cm

¥1,596 JPY
¥1,596 JPY
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🌸 Description

These Ishida Fukuneko chopsticks pair glossy black upper sections with warm brown shafts, cat motifs, and gold-colored floral accents. Made in Japan from natural wood with an urushi lacquer finish, they feature gold maki-e decoration—a lacquer technique using sprinkled gold powder.

The 23 cm chopsticks have faceted, square-shaped tips designed to help hold food, including udon and ramen noodles. They have no additional non-slip treatment and are not dishwasher compatible.



🌸 Features

  • 23 cm long
  • Natural wood with an urushi lacquer finish
  • Gold maki-e decoration with cat and floral motifs
  • Black upper sections with brown shafts and gold-colored bands
  • Faceted, square-shaped tips
  • No additional non-slip treatment
  • Not dishwasher compatible
  • Made in Japan



🍶 History

Masu were originally measuring vessels rather than primarily drinking cups. Used for grain and liquids such as sake and oil, they served households, trade, and taxation, measuring a fixed volume when filled level with the rim. During the medieval period, different estates and authorities used masu of varying capacities, so historical measures were not always equivalent to modern ones. In the late sixteenth century, Toyotomi Hideyoshi promoted the kyō-masu, or “Kyoto measure,” alongside his land surveys to provide a common basis for calculating agricultural production. In 1669, the Tokugawa shogunate ordered adoption of a new kyō-masu. Official standardization did not erase every local difference: domains continued to use varying measures for tax collection and rice stipends.

These natural wood chopsticks are finished with urushi lacquer and gold maki-e decoration, connecting an everyday dining utensil with this Japanese decorative lacquer tradition.



📦 Shipping Information

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