This Yamanaka lacquered wine cooler is molded from a sturdy resin material.
It can be used in various ways other than as a wine cooler.
It can also be used as a fruit bowl, a salad bowl, a flower vase, a bowl for serving chirashizushi, a cooler for chilled sake, a beer can cooler, a bowl for somen noodles, and many other uses.
It can also be used as a cooler for cold sake, beer cans, somen noodle bowls, and for serving a variety of dishes.

Phenolic resin, urethane coating, in a decorative box (made in Japan)
Size Φ21.0 x 15.0

Yamanaka lacquerware dates back to the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573-1592 AD), when a group of woodcutters with a permit to cut down forests in various countries migrated from Echizen Province to a village called Masago, about 20 km upstream from Yamanaka Onsen in Kaga City, via a mountain trail. Later, they produced lacquerware as souvenirs for Yamanaka Onsen spa resort guests, and from the middle of the Edo period (1603-1868), lacquer and maki-e techniques were introduced from Aizu, Kyoto, and Kanazawa, and the area developed as a production center for lacquered tea ceremony utensils and other lacquered items, along with woodwork. The production process of lacquerware includes the processes of wood, lacquering, and maki-e, and the lacquering process is further divided into base coat and top coat. There are three lacquerware production areas in Ishikawa Prefecture, each of which has its own characteristics and is called "Yamanaka for wood," "Wajima for lacquering," and "Kanazawa for maki-e. Lacquerware wood is produced by three different types of craftsmen: wheel-thrown round wood for bowls and other round objects, wheel-thrown box craftsmen for making boxed objects, and wheel-thrown curved wood for bending and processing plates. Yamanaka's unique woodworking techniques, including vertical cutting, are unrivaled in other areas of Japan. In addition to traditional lacquerware, Yamanaka was one of the first to produce synthetic (modern) lacquerware with a urethane coating on a plastic (synthetic resin) base in the 1960s, which led to a dramatic increase in production value. The reason for the region's development as a traditional craft center with an enterprising spirit and willingness to introduce technology from different industries and fields is due in part to the influx of information from the hot springs resort, which has long been a hot spring resort, and from the hot spring guests from all over Japan, including Matsuo Basho, the famous Japanese poet and poet. Taking advantage of these dynamic characteristics of the region, various attempts have been made recently to break out of the industry's stagnant situation, such as entering the school lunch tableware market with PET resin, developing overseas sales channels mainly in France, which has a deep understanding of Japanese traditional crafts, and introducing biomass resin.