Display cabinet that highlights the craftsmanship of Kumiko

"Kumiko Craft Tea Cabinet" is beautiful to display and convenient to store.

"Kumiko Craft Tea Cabinet" is a masterpiece with a lid made of "Kumiko", a traditional Japanese technique. This is the first product that TERACE-ya, which disseminates traditional Japanese culture, has planned and produced as a product that people overseas can have at hand and feel Japanese culture.

Recommended for people who

  • People who want to beautifully display their tea utensils and tea sets.
  • People who want genuine Japanese traditional crafts, not industrial products.
  • People who want a shelf that is perfect for displaying Japanese folk crafts.

What is Kumiko craft?

Intricate and beautiful,
traditional Japanese woodworking techniques

組子のイメージ

Among the many traditional crafts in Japan, TERACE-ya chose "Kumiko Craft" this time.
Kumiko craft is a technique of assembling thin wooden battens into geometric patterns without using nails.
Kumiko craft is a woodworking technique that has been popular since ancient times due to the beauty of its delicate and uniquely Japanese patterns.
It is used in modern high-end Japanese architectural fittings, and there is a demand for it all over Japan. For this reason, kumiko craftsmen are active all over Japan.

Among these craftsmen, one who cooperated with this project was Morimoto Takashi, a long-time traditional craftsman of kumiko shoji screens in Kagawa Prefecture.
He has a high level of skill in Kumiko craftsmanship and continues to train many apprentices who respect his craft. This product was made entirely from scratch by him.

Profile of Takashi Morimoto

Mr.Morimoto

Born in Takamatsu City in 1965. The third generation owner of Morimoto Joinery, a company that makes shoji screens, sliding doors, windows, doors, and other items for Japanese houses. After graduating from a high school specializing in crafts, he apprenticed to a craftsman he knew and trained for three years. After that, he returned to his parents' home and took over the family business, and continues to work energetically to this day in order to pass on the traditional joinery technique of "Kumiko craftsmanship."

Certified as "Kagawa Prefecture Kumite Shoji screens Traditional Craftsman"
Received "Contemporary Master Craftsman"
Received "Yellow Ribbon Medal"
*Kumite Shoji screens = Kumiko craft Shoji Screens

Product concept

Japanese traditional craft "Kumiko" x Japanese traditional culture "Tea ceremony"

 

 

This product is crafted using kumiko wood and was made as a cabinet to display tea ceremony utensils, making it a collaboration between two of Japan's traditional cultures. It is a product that will make you feel Japan whether you look at it or use it.

Product Features

Can be used for a variety of purposes

We made it a versatile size so that people who are not using it to store tea utensils can easily use it for other purposes.
The shelves are also movable. The shelves and drawers can be removed and moved to a different location.
To move the position of the drawer, place a shelf and then place the drawer on top.
The height can be easily adjusted to suit the items you want to store.
You can store your own tableware, folk crafts, miscellaneous goods, daily necessities, etc.

 

A lid that can also be enjoyed as an art panel

The lid, made from Kumiko craftsmanship, has a washi-type acrylic panel on the back and a clear acrylic panel on the front to protect the delicate workmanship.
The lid can be opened by pulling it up and is removable. The removed lid can be enjoyed as an art panel by standing it up in the included holder.
ライティングした組子の蓋

 

Design that easily matches any interior

In high-end Japanese inns, you can often see Kumiko craftsmanship used for its delicate beauty in the design of shoji screens and partitions.
In addition, the luxury trains "Nanatsu boshi" and "Aru Ressha" operated by JR Kyushu have adopted Kumiko craftsmanship in their interiors, which has attracted a lot of attention.

In this way, kumiko craft can be said to be a representative Japanese woodworking technique that is often used in Japanese architecture.

The "Kumiko Craft Tea Cabinet", which incorporates the techniques of Kumiko craftsmanship, has a cute cube-like form and a compact size, making it easy to match with any interior, not just Japanese-style rooms. Furthermore, since it is a size that can be easily carried around, you can place it in various places and appreciate it.

 

Easy to maintain

Kumiko craft is beautiful, but it is prone to dust accumulation and requires regular maintenance. Dust on Kumiko craft is generally removed with an air spray or a handy mop that removes dust using static electricity. However, with this product, the Kumiko craft part is covered with an acrylic sheet, so this trouble is unnecessary. Closing the lid also protects the items stored inside from dust and other particles.

Enjoy the changes over time

The material of this cabinet is Japanese cypress (hinoki).
Japanese cedar and cypress make up a large proportion of Japanese forests, but cypress is popular because of its soft color and harder nature than cedar, and is highly valued as a high-quality wood in Japanese architecture.

古民家の組子障子
The photo above shows the kumiko fittings of an old house that have turned brown.

Cypress is whitish in color at first, but it turns brown over the years. This is one of the characteristics of natural wood. Since it is natural wood, it may get scratched or dented if it hits something hard.
People enjoy the aging and distressing of jeans and leather products. In the same way, you can enjoy the aging of this cabinet as well.
In recent years, old Japanese houses have become popular both at home and abroad, and the brown cypress pillars and fittings found there are one of the attractions. We hope you will enjoy watching this cabinet develop a deeper character as you continue to use it for a long time.

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