Product name: "Jidai Nuri" (An Era Painting)　[no.22012] (Other products)
Price: US$917
Barrel material: Ebonite
Description: Jidai means an era. We Nakaya are not sure where this name came from. This technique is a kind of N'Negoro Nuri ('Nuri' means painting). A craftsman paints the base in Shu (vermillion) color by a stapula. After that , he paints in black Urushi on the base and polishes (Togi process in Japanese.) black layer is showing the red color base. Contrary to the barrel, a black Urushi is for the base, layer above is Shu color for a grip section, A craftsman expose the base intentionally by this process.