CPic. An enjoying the Moon cat * Nakaya Yakomaki-e

Description:

Enjoying ‘the Moon’ Cat, or a Cat enjoying the Moon, is made with different techniques. The Moon is sprinkled with silver powder (tame-sukashi) and covered with shuai urushi. As a result, the Moon is half-hidden, and it takes a while to discover the image like a watermark on paper. The artisan painted the Cat and the footprint with black urushi on top of the shuai layer (yakoh-maki-e). With time, the shuai urushi will enlighten, and the design will become more visible. The base finish is aka-tamenuri (red cherry).