Nobuo
Tanihata has been producing luxury wood screens using the kumiko technique
Craftspeople
Shoko
Shoko is a lacquer artist who finds inspiration in the mysterious spirituality that underpins the technology of an artwork
Koji
Momentum Factory Orii is known for its innovative copper casting and coloring in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, a town with 400 years of tradition, and a wealth of cutting-edge casting technology
Hitoshi
Maida Senga Kogei is characterized by its integrated production of all processes of Kaga yuzen kimono production
Akihiko
Akihiko is a Kanazawa-based artist specializing in lacquer work, inspired by the texture and appearance of ancient objects that have appeared at various times throughout history
Kazuya
Established in 1839, the Nanjo Kobo is one of the few workshops in Japan that specializes in the manufacture of orin, bells found on Buddhist altars and rung to accompany the reading of a sutra or to drive out the prayer’s evil thoughts
Keisuke
Miyake is a Kyoto-based producer of bags and traditional Kyo-ningyo dolls, luxurious Japanese dolls made around the city of Kyoto
Yasuna
Takata Shuzojo produces handmade Kuma rice shochu in Hitoyoshi Kuma region of Kyushu, a rice shochu production area, where Kuma shochu has been made for 500 years
Michito
Rokuchoshi Shuzo is a distillery located in the village of Nishiki, in Kumamoto Prefecture. The region’s traditional methods of using its rich rice, combined with the clear groundwater has allowed for a 500 year history in shochu making