Kiichiro
Founded in 1652, Domyo has been creating a variety of kumihimo products through hand-dyeing and hand-braiding
Craftspeople
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 Textile
Yuko
Within the long history of Kiyomizu ware, Kosongama kiln is a pottery studio that has been in operation for over 100 years
Tomoki
Nippon Genshōsha was founded by a new generation of swordsmiths who with their honed skills and new values aspire to create Japanese swords that reflect the present
Toru Y.
Itoasobi was established in 1935 in Tango, Kyoto, one of the centers of silk fabric production in Japan