Fumio Kondo of Tempura Kondo in Ginza sponta- neously created various deep-fried dishes for my plates. Above are two Small Rough Grain Dishes of chestnut.
Beautiful tempura items on a Rough Grain Chestnut Tray with a Wave Motif . . . The green of the broad beans and orange of the carrots stand out beautiful- ly on the tray.
Small Oval Bark Dish
Cutting the dish from root wood of an aged Akita cryptomeria tree, over 100 years old, I lacquered it in the tame-nuri style.
Cutting the dish from root wood of an aged Akita cryptomeria tree, over 100 years old, I lacquered it in the tame-nuri style.
A hexagonal confection tray with a bottom panel from the same aged cryptomeria tree. It harmonizes well with the tempura. Below is a long rough grain chestnut plate.