{"title":"Kintsugi","description":"\u003cp\u003eKintsugi repairs a break by showing it in gold. Lacquer is drawn along the crack and gold laid over it, so the mended seam becomes the most beautiful line on the piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat you are looking at is something somebody chose to mend rather than replace. And then somebody else made the same decision, for a hundred years. A Meiji-era Kutani cup, broken and rejoined, still holding tea. Pieces like this do not come up often, so the collection stays small.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lacquer is urushi, the same sap used on lacquerware, and it cures over weeks rather than hours. A full repair takes months. \u003ca href=\"\/en-tw\/blogs\/guide\/kintsugi\"\u003eHow kintsugi is done, and the thinking behind it\u003c\/a\u003e covers both. The same acceptance applies to the fine cracks that appear in a glaze with use: those are \u003ca href=\"\/en-tw\/blogs\/guide\/crazing\"\u003ecrazing\u003c\/a\u003e, and they darken into a record of the meals a piece has held.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/9473\/4678\/collections\/Rectangle_13615.png?v=1790516042","url":"https:\/\/global.kyoto-nokaze.com\/en-tw\/collections\/kintsugi\/mugs.oembed","provider":"Kyoto nokaze Global","version":"1.0","type":"link"}