At present, many chemical paints have been developed, but lacquer, which is a natural paint, has a good style (the touch and the looks,) and it has a merit of protecting the wood when a wooden product absorb the moisture in the air and expands, by expanding with it. This makes the product last longer. Mr. Inada says that he wants to hand down the good quality of lacquer.

Sashimono is the industrial art with old and long history. Sashimono-shi or Sashimono craftsman in Edo's town is described in the book written in Genroku Era (about 300 years ago). In furniture made without a metal nail, only by boards and sticks jointed together, wisdom from great ingenuity by old people are still alive.

Mr. Kimura's works are Samurai family resident style, which is one of the styles of Edo Sashimono. Its history is as long as 350years. Mr. Kimura trained under Mr. Kuniji Shimazaki who was a leading man or authority in the field of Sashimono art. Mr. Kimura does not use metal nails on his works at all, so his works are filled with traditional techniques, beauty, and also are tough. The products are manufactured by order to match the coloring of the room which they will be placed in.

Sashimono is a traditional wood crafting which uses no metal nails. Mr. Nakanishi mainly manufactures products which are used in traditional Japanese music, namely samisen(three-stringed Japanese banjo), music stands of all kinds. He also manufactures small receptacles for accessories which prevents the accessories' chain to get entangled. It also includes his invention, that is placing a divider within a drawer which makes it easier to take things in and out.

Originally Mr. Nakanishi's works have been boxes and cabinets for Shamisen instrument. To meet the needs of the times, he now makes small cabinets and cigarette trays, which enables people, other than Shamisen owners, to feel them. Also his works are to order, so you can enjoy furnishings exclusively made for you, or the only one in the world goods.

Japanese furnishings by Edo Sashimono brings you comfort just by taking a look and the longer you use it, the more you'd cherish it. Each work has hand-made warmth and makes the best of the beauty of raw material. Also it's simple and easy to handle. Moreover, you'll find sophisticated Edo spirit in details of his work.

No iron nail is used, and only boards and sticks are put together to finish, but delicate and strong. This Japanese furniture, EDO SASHIMONO, will let you take a peep at the Edo-period's beauty consiousness. It has flexibility to fit the life-style fo the age even though it still inherit the traditional process of manufacturing. It doesn't feel any sense of incongruity not only in Japanese-style room, but also in Western-style room.

The name Sashimono comes from its technique of crossing(called Sashiawase) board and stick. In Ieyasu Tokugawa's era, craftsman within carpenters who had this techniques were called Sashimono craftsman. What is difficult about this is that craftsman must use appropriate wood material for appropriate place chosen from variety of wood material kinds. It requires many years of experience. For appearance, the merit of grain is fully used, and even the parts where you would not see are finished with techniques of craftsman.

Paulownia wood is light weight and bright color, less expanding / contracting or cracking, and prevents moisture. This Paulownia chest uses the Paulownia wood on every parts. Paulownia chest has a history of 200 years. Mr. Katayama's store manufactures traditional Paulownia chest and also the chest with design that matches the western style rooms.

Tokyo Kiri Tansu(paulownia wardrobe) is produced with domesticAIZU-paulownia wood. Paulownia drawers are usually considered as a storage for KIMONO(Traditional Japanese cloths), but the works of Mr. Machida include drawers which are useful for normal cloths. Not only the structure, but also the design and the colour is deviced to fit the modern living space in various ways.

Carving the Kiri made products and wrapping the carved part with cloth(This processing technique is called Kimekomi). The surface of Kiri products are of sober colors, but colorful patterns and pictures are drawn on it by this technique. With coloring, the products become more elegant art masterpiece. Due to the westernizing of lifestyle, products with both Japanese and Western style such as western chest and remote controller case are developed, and still live within living space of today.

Sudare was used for dividing a room, sun shade, etc since long time ago. During Heian era, it was necessity as one of furniture in palace. It was Edo era the Sudare spread among the houses of Samurai and merchants. Ever since, Sudare is used as traditional handicraft in Japanese cultural scenes such as Sado, and also in lives of the present age.

Sunago is powder of real gold, real silver, platinum, etc. Sunago-shi draws patterns in sliding doors, and folding screens by spreading the sunago. It is said that this techniques was started in Asuka-Era to make Buddha pictures and copied Buddhist scriptures look gorgeous. Pictures were drawn by painters, and sunago-shi draws a pattern. The procedures were done by assembly work. Mr. Tabei is now challenging to draw landscape paintings only with sunago.

Mounting handicraft's history is said to began around the era in which Buddhism was introduced to Japan. Mr. Ishii repairs old Kakejiku(hanging scrolls) and Byoubu(folding screens). At the same time, he also creates mounting products as room decoration that match colors, design, and forms of the modern houses and lives.

The beautiful tint and shade of Paulownia wardrobes match the "Beauty" sense of Japanese. They keep the room gorgeous. They are good in terms of fireproofs. They also keep the moisture away, and have great air permeability. This makes it to keep the inside dry always, so the Paulownia wardrobes are suitable for containing silk products, work of art, and leather-fur products.