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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24K Gold Kintsugi Arita Bowl | Between White and Swirl
24K Gold Kintsugi Arita Bowl | Between White and Swirl

24K Gold Kintsugi Arita Bowl | Between White and Swirl

CHF 676.00

Front view of a Ko-Imari sake cup in sometsuke blue takokarakusa porcelain, 24K gold kintsugi lines rising from foot to rim through the scrolling vines, restored with natural urushi.
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

CHF 594.00

Front view of a Kyoto ware white porcelain rice bowl with red accent lines, a branching 24K gold kintsugi seam descending across the exterior glaze.
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24K Gold Kintsugi Kyoto Rice Bowl | A Branch Meets Cobalt

CHF 520.00

Front view of an Edo-period Ko-Imari sake cup, hand-painted karakusa vines in cobalt under a wave border, 24K gold kintsugi arcs draped from the rim.
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

CHF 594.00

Front view of a blue and white Ko-Imari sake cup with 24K gold kintsugi seams arcing down from the rim across cobalt panels and longevity medallions, restored with natural urushi.
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

CHF 594.00

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

CHF 643.00

Front view of Kyoto ware tokkuri restored with vermilion iro-urushitsugi kintsugi and 24k gold maki-e, a legacy piece.
Close-up of vermilion kintsugi, capturing the tactile beauty of visible resilience.

Adorned Kintsugi Kyoto Ware Tokkuri | Gold Maki-e Droplet

CHF 487.00

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

CHF 989.00

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

CHF 495.00

Sold out: Ko-Imari kintsugi bowl with 24K gold and maki-e restoration over sometsuke blue botanical porcelain.
Lower angle of a Ko-Imari kintsugi bowl showing the striped foot and sometsuke botanicals with gold lines, crafted resilience.

24K Gold Kintsugi Ko-Imari Matcha Bowl | Blue Garden

CHF 618.00

Sold out: Kintsugi Arita matcha bowl in dark charcoal glaze with branching 24K gold seams, restored with natural urushi lacquer.
Interior close-up of kintsugi gold lines converging inside an Arita matcha bowl, natural urushi lacquer beneath the gold, a tactile history.

24K Gold Kintsugi Arita Matcha Bowl | Dark Current

CHF 1,401.00

Sold out: kintsugi Ko-Imari porcelain bowl with 24K gold restoration over sometsuke blue botanical motifs
Interior close-up of kintsugi Ko-Imari bowl with gold line tracing across geometric sometsuke blue pattern, crafted resilience in every seam.

24K Gold Kintsugi Ko-Imari Bowl | Lotus Across the Sea

CHF 635.00

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