Yoshihisa
Sōhōgama kiln has a high level of technology and trust, and its washbasins have been a long-selling product for the TOTO CERA Trading for 23 years
Craftspeople
Yasuhiro
Hayashi Shuzojo was founded in 1682. They has been upholding tradition while integrating new technologies, continually striving to create the perfect sake brewery
Atsushi
Tomita Sen Kogei was founded in 1914. Atsushi was appointed the fifth and current generation head in 2006 and is inheriting Tokyo’s dyed komon techniques, as well as dyed Edo komon and Edo chintz
Masaki
When making glass, Masaki keeps asking what he finds important. To be simple. To be natural. Transparency
Kiichiro
Founded in 1652, Domyo has been creating a variety of kumihimo products through hand-dyeing and hand-braiding
Toru K.
Toru is an artist who continually asks questions and exhibits a profound flexibility in choosing materials as the starting point of his expression, such as clay, metal, and nails
Yohei
Seiwaen still follows the traditional techniques passed down from his predecessors, and the simple tenet that creating good tea is as important as ever
Masao
Yushisha is focusing on Japan’s only remaining wisteria weaving technique as a means of promoting the revitalization of the Tango region
Toshiyuki
Makino Urushi Kogei collaborates with artisans and designers of different fields in order to regularly produce
objects that have never been
seen before
Heizo
Since its establishment in 1894, “restoration and creation” has been the heart of Tatsumura Art Textile