The characteristics of Kyo-shikki is "Honkataji," the most basic process of manufacturing lacquer craftworks in which thin wood grain is reinforced with hemp attached to it by using lacquer and starch glue, layers of foundation called "Jisabiurushi" and "Sabiurushi," which is a kind of paste made from "Yamashina Jinoko" and "Yamashina Tonoko"both produced in Yamashina Ward, Kyoto City and mixed together with lacquer, are applied onto the reinforced wood grain, and, after a process called "Kukurisabi" in which the corners of the artifact are reinforced for the purpose of strengthening and making the sharp edge sharper, black and red lacquer is applied onto it layer by layer.
京漆器の特徴は薄手の木地に漆と澱粉糊で麻布を貼って補強し、その上に京都市山科区から産出する「山科地之粉」「山科砥之粉」等を漆で練り合わせてペースト状にした「地錆漆」「錆漆」という下地材を何層にもわたって塗り重ね、さらに器の角の部分をより鋭角を際立たせ、丈夫にするために補強する「くくり錆」という工程をはさみ、黒や赤のうるしを塗り重ねていくという「本堅地」という漆工芸において最も基本的な製作工程にある。