Portrait of Rio Hashimoto, Japanese urushi lacquer and kintsugi artist

Works by Rio Hashimoto

Urushi Lacquer Artist Coating Margin into Value

Based in Kyoto, Japan

Based in Kyoto, she works across urushi sculpture, video, and kintsugi, holding beauty and discomfort in tension to examine the boundaries of touch, taboo, and form. M.F.A. in Urushi Lacquering, Kyoto City University of Arts, 2025.

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Kintsugi Arita matcha bowl seen from the front, gold seams crossing a pastel rose-to-blue glaze — a quiet beauty in porcelain.
Close within the bowl, roiro-finished gold catches light along a kintsugi seam, hinting at the patina of time in urushi.

24K Gold Kintsugi Arita Matcha Bowl | Pastel Dusk Lines

$780.00 USD

Kintsugi sake cup in Ko-Imari sometsuke porcelain with painted round windows, restored with natural urushi and 24K gold, front view. Collected.
Kintsugi sake cup interior where three natural urushi and 24K gold lines meet at the center of the white well of the Ko-Imari porcelain.

24K Gold Kintsugi Ko-Imari Sake Cup | Between the Windows

$660.00 USD

Arita ware bowl in matte white porcelain with pastel swirl panels, its break rejoined with natural urushi, 24K gold on the face and moss-green urushi beneath. Collected.
24K Gold Kintsugi Arita Bowl | Between White and Swirl

24K Gold Kintsugi Arita Bowl | Between White and Swirl

$820.00 USD

Kintsugi bowl with lid in Arita sometsuke porcelain, natural urushi and 24K gold lines descending the ringed lid, front view. Collected.
Kintsugi bowl lid in Arita porcelain seen alone, natural urushi and 24K gold lines branching from the ring knob across the blue rings toward the edge.

24K Gold Kintsugi Arita Lidded Bowl | One Seam, Two Faces

$700.00 USD

Kintsugi plate in Ko-Imari sometsuke porcelain with line-drawn camellias, restored with natural urushi and 24K gold, front view. Collected.
Kintsugi plate close-up in Ko-Imari porcelain, the natural urushi and 24K gold seam crossing the pine-and-plum roundel beside a gold-finished rim chip.

24K Gold Kintsugi Ko-Imari Plate | A Branch Among Camellias

$740.00 USD

Kyoto ware tokkuri restored with vermilion iro-urushitsugi kintsugi and a 24K gold maki-e droplet, front view. Collected.
Close-up of vermilion kintsugi, capturing the tactile beauty of visible resilience.

Adorned Kintsugi Kyoto Ware Tokkuri | Gold Maki-e Droplet

$590.00 USD

Edo-period Ko-Imari sake cup with hand-painted karakusa vines in sometsuke blue, restored with draped 24K gold kintsugi arcs in natural urushi. Collected.
Interior of a Ko-Imari sake cup, branching 24K gold kintsugi lines crossing the plain white well toward a single gold drop near the center.

24K Gold Kintsugi Ko-Imari Sake Cup | Garland for the Vines

$720.00 USD

Kyoto ware white porcelain rice bowl with cobalt lattice rim and red accent lines, restored with a branching 24K gold kintsugi seam in natural urushi. Collected.
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24K Gold Kintsugi Kyoto Rice Bowl | A Branch Meets Cobalt

$630.00 USD

Ko-Imari sake cup in blue and white sometsuke porcelain with 24K gold kintsugi seams arcing down from the rim, restored with natural urushi in Japan. Sold out.
Interior close-up of a Ko-Imari sake cup, two 24K gold kintsugi arcs meeting inside the white glazed wall just below the blue rim line, restored with natural urushi.

24K Gold Kintsugi Ko-Imari Sake Cup | Arcs Above Longevity

$720.00 USD

Ko-Imari sake cup in sometsuke blue takokarakusa porcelain with 24K gold kintsugi lines and cloud motifs in raised lacquer at the rim, restored with natural urushi. Collected.
Close-up of the rim of a Ko-Imari sake cup: cloud motifs in takamaki-e relief with kawari-nuri texture and blue urushi beside 24K gold kintsugi lines on blue takokarakusa porcelain.

24K Gold Kintsugi Ko-Imari Sake Cup | Clouds Above the Vines

$720.00 USD

Ko-Imari blue-and-white porcelain bowl with a cobalt sage-and-bamboo interior, foliate rim, 24K gold kintsugi seams within and pure silver seams outside, restored with natural urushi. Sold out.
24K Gold Kintsugi Ko-Imari Bowl | Reunion Beneath the Bamboo

24K Gold Kintsugi Ko-Imari Bowl | Reunion Beneath the Bamboo

$1,200.00 USD

Sold out: Kintsugi Ko-Imari sake cup with 24K gold and rankaku eggshell inlay on sometsuke porcelain
Interior of a kintsugi Ko-Imari sake cup showing roiro-polished gold seam meeting white porcelain, history made visible.

24K Gold Kintsugi Ko-Imari Sake Cup | Tender Ask

$600.00 USD

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