Kyo-shikki is a lacquerware produced on the basis of values as 'arts and crafts' rather than as serving dishes for daily use, being made from thinner wood grain, treated with foundation more carefully and given more sophisticated and elegant makie (Japanese lacquer sprinkled with gold or silver powder) on it than lacquerware produced in any other area of Japan.
京漆器は全国の漆器産地の中でも、とりわけ薄い木地を用い、入念な下地を施し、洗練された優美な蒔絵が施された、日常的に使う器というよりも「美術工芸品」としての価値観に基づいてつくられる漆器である。