Period: From November 23rd, 2022 (Wednesday・Holiday) to 28th (Monday) 10:00am through 8:00pm（will be closed at 6pm on the last day)
Venue : 9F of the main building,
Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store
Incorporate Urushi lacquerware into your daily life
and live with a rich feeling
Wajima Kirimoto started with a meeting with Hankyu Department Store
to create tableware for year-end, New Year, and everyday use.
Wajima Kirimoto has woodworking techniques such as “hollowing out”, “shaving”, and “assembling oval shaped wood and boxes” .
We will exhibit works expressed with unique urushi such as applying Wajima jinoko on the surface, urushi paint using linen and rope, gold pearl urushi and silver pearl urushi developed by the Ishikawa Prefectural Industrial Research Institute for the first time.
In addition, we will also introduce the works of maki-e artisans who live in Wajima City. Works that make full use of maki-e techniques, plates, sake cups, bowls, jugs, incense cases, tea cups, dried urushi applied accessory cases, dried urushi appliedNetsuke, etc.
We will use a fairly large space on the 9th floor of the Hankyu Umeda Main Store.
Please feel free to visit us and take a look our works.
Received 2022 Ishikawa Wood Use Award
This year, Wajima Kirimoto’s “ASUNARO ELLIPTICAL PAIL” was awarded in the category of products using Ishikawa prefectural materials.
Asunaro (construction material: Noto HIBA, Thujopsis dolabrata) is used for the outer walls of houses and shops in Noto, and is also used in Wajima Urushi lacquerware joinery and curved wooden base.
It is created with a special woodworking technique in which Asunaro, which has excellent durability, is assembled in an oval.
It is used as a foot bath in foreign hotel spas, and as a cooler for wine and sake in restaurants and bars.
“Ishikawa Wood Use Award”
Every year, the Ishikawa Wood Use Award is held to introduce and raise awareness about products that use excellent prefectural timber, as well as housing and non-residential buildings that serve as models for using prefectural timber. .
Department in charge: Forest Management Division, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Department, Ishikawa Prefecture
The announcement of the exhibition “Thoughts of Wajima Kirimoto’s Artisans”
Thoughts Of Wajima Kirimoto’s Artisans
Wooden products, Urushi lacquerware, and small items which are created based on the free ideas of Wajima Kirimoto’s artisans will be exhibited and sold.
For customers who are unable to come to Wajima, it is possible to introduce remote customer service using the Zoom from Wajima Kirimoto website. http://kirimoto.net/urusi-studio/
Period: October 1, 2022 (Saturday) → October 31, 2022 (Monday)9:00 – 17:00 (12:00-13:00 Lunch break)
Venue : Wajima Kirimoto The Urushi Studio
70-5-8 Ohyakugari, Sugihiramachi, Wajima-shi, Ishikawa 928-0011 Japan
TEL: 0768-22-0842Email: office@kirimoto.net
During the exhibition period, Nobuo Kato, a craftsman of Wajima Kirimoto, will be in the store.
WAJIMA KIRIMOTO has been engaged in “wood and urushi lacquer” work for over 200 years in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture.
From woodwork products, lacquerware, accessories, furniture, and architectural interior materials, we continue to challenge ourselves to make things that blend wood and urushi lacquer into our lives today.
In addition to urushi lacquerware, wooden products, and urushi lacquer panels made with natural urushi lacquer that can be used in daily life, we will also introduce works created by craftsmen in the workshop with their free ideas.
We will also exhibit wooden bases before applying urushi lacquer, and we will accept semi-orders for urushi lacquer coating of your choice.
WAJIMA KIRIMOTO【WAJIMA】/ THE URUSHI STUDIO
70-5 0hyakugari, Sugihiramachi, Wajima-shi, Ishikawa,928-0011, Japan
Tel ：0768-22-0842 URL：www.kirimoto.net
E-mail：office@kirimoto.net
In July 2022, we opened a “The Urushi Studio” adjacent to our workshop in Wajima.
“The Urushi Studio” provides real and digital information on lacquerware, furniture, and interior materials.
