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The workshop carries his art name — which is why a bamboo house has a painter's sense of line.\u003cbr\u003eTheir bamboo is cut in the cold months, November to February. In March the oil is steamed out of it and it is hung in the sun to dry for over a month, before the rains come. The first split is made with a kikuwari, a knife made for nothing but splitting bamboo; width is set to the millimetre, and depending on the piece the bamboo is taken down to 0.2–0.5 mm. The weaving is done almost entirely by hand.\u003cbr\u003e• Design: Reed Diffuser Sticks\u003cbr\u003e• Material: Bamboo\u003cbr\u003e• Handcrafted bamboo — slight variations in colour and grain are the natural charm of handmade work; no two pieces are alike\u003cbr\u003e• Arrives carefully packed — ready for gifting\u003cbr\u003eSpecifications — Material: Bamboo · Origin: Kyoto, Japan · Maker: Kohchosai Kosuga\u003cbr\u003eHandmade in Kyoto, Japan by Kohchosai Kosuga. Direct from the maker.\u003cbr\u003e【日本直送】京都职人手工制作，每件手作独一无二，精心包装，适合自用或送礼 🎁\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e竹 \/ Bamboo\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\"\u003eDimensions\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eL230mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e日本 \/ Japan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\"\u003eCraft\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e竹工芸 \/ Bamboo\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Kohchosai Kosuga","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49152340459710,"sku":"KOHCHOSAI-154","price":5120.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/9820\/8702\/files\/sg-11134275-8259w-mqzhmmixjhfl19_240f5c23-97cc-48ca-9bc2-f0756a8fdc75.jpg?v=1790752203"},{"product_id":"hozuai-hairtie-japanese-fabric-hair-tie-indigo-hand-dyed-but","title":"Japanese Fabric Hair Tie – Indigo Hand-Dyed Button Scrunchie","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor centuries Kyoto dyed cloth in a water-indigo called Kyo-asagi — until it vanished in 1923. A family workshop in Kameoka revived it as Kyoho-ai, and dyes every piece by hand, one at a time.\u003cbr\u003eThis hair tie is topped with a walnut-style covered button, wrapped in 100% cotton hand-dyed in living, plant-fermented Ryukyu indigo. The shibori dyeing leaves soft white blossoms floating in deep Japan Blue — and because every button is dyed by hand, no two are ever alike. A small, everyday piece of real Kyoto craft: perfect as a gift, or as a first taste of hand-dyed indigo.\u003cbr\u003e• 100% cotton button, elastic band • Ryukyu natural indigo, shibori • Button Ø 4 cm • Hand-dyed in Kameoka, Kyoto • One of a kind • Ships direct from Japan\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hozuai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49190817398974,"sku":"HOZUAI-HAIRTIE","price":5620.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/9820\/8702\/files\/sg-11134207-825at-ms2gu7z2fzly0a_d0215619-7336-4752-bfae-e7cd79453f69.jpg?v=1790752083"},{"product_id":"sh-49514761849-208859062844-japanese-serving-plate-individua","title":"Japanese Serving Plate – Individual Dish Cedar, Dessert Plate","description":"\u003cp\u003eServing Plate handcrafted in Kyoto, Japan — plates food the way Kyoto restaurants do — simply, beautifully.\u003cbr\u003eMade by Takano Chikko, founded in 1968 in Nagaokakyō — the Nishiyama-Otokuni district south-west of Kyoto that the country's best bamboo has come from for centuries. Seventeen people work there.\u003cbr\u003eWhat is unusual is the range kept under one roof: bamboo work, sashimono joinery cut to fit without nails, urushi lacquer and maki-e gold decoration. Most workshops do one of these and send the rest out. The founder set it up that way on purpose — he wanted the tradition held whole rather than split across trades. They also tend their own madake groves, choosing the cane for each use and thinking ahead to what the grove should be for the next generation.\u003cbr\u003eThe founder came to bamboo through tea, and through the thought of Sen no Rikyū. That led to a tie with Myōkian, the temple that holds Tai-an — the oldest surviving small tea room in Japan, two mats, a National Treasure. When Tai-an was restored, the old timber was entrusted to this workshop and tea utensils were made from it. On their finest chopsticks the tip is pared to 1.2 millimetres.\u003cbr\u003e• Design: Individual Serving Dish Cedar\u003cbr\u003e• Handmade — slight variations in colour and grain are the natural charm of handmade work; no two pieces are alike\u003cbr\u003e• Options available — choose your design before checkout\u003cbr\u003e• Arrives carefully packed — ready for gifting\u003cbr\u003eCare: Hand-wash recommended; avoid thermal shock. The unglazed surface mellows with use.\u003cbr\u003eSpecifications — Material: Handmade · Origin: Kyoto, Japan · Maker: Takano Chikko\u003cbr\u003eHandmade in Kyoto, Japan by Takano Chikko. 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Within thirteen years its work had taken prizes at three world exhibitions — St. Louis in 1904, London in 1910 and Dresden in 1911. The house moved to Kyoto in 1947 and has worked there ever since; fifteen people work there today.\u003cbr\u003eThe name belongs to a painter. The founder, Ueda Kōchō, was official painter to the eleventh Tokugawa lord of Kishū and studied under Matsumura Goshun of the Shijō school; his paintings are held today by Nishi Hongan-ji and the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts. The workshop carries his art name — which is why a bamboo house has a painter's sense of line.\u003cbr\u003eTheir bamboo is cut in the cold months, November to February. In March the oil is steamed out of it and it is hung in the sun to dry for over a month, before the rains come. The first split is made with a kikuwari, a knife made for nothing but splitting bamboo; width is set to the millimetre, and depending on the piece the bamboo is taken down to 0.2–0.5 mm. The weaving is done almost entirely by hand.\u003cbr\u003e• Design: Fusa Tassel Ear Pick\u003cbr\u003e• Material: Bamboo\u003cbr\u003e• Hand-carved bamboo — slight variations in colour and grain are the natural charm of handmade work; no two pieces are alike\u003cbr\u003e• Arrives carefully packed — ready for gifting\u003cbr\u003eSpecifications — Material: Bamboo · Origin: Kyoto, Japan · Maker: Kohchosai Kosuga\u003cbr\u003eHandmade in Kyoto, Japan by Kohchosai Kosuga. 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Seventeen people work there.\u003cbr\u003eWhat is unusual is the range kept under one roof: bamboo work, sashimono joinery cut to fit without nails, urushi lacquer and maki-e gold decoration. Most workshops do one of these and send the rest out. The founder set it up that way on purpose — he wanted the tradition held whole rather than split across trades. They also tend their own madake groves, choosing the cane for each use and thinking ahead to what the grove should be for the next generation.\u003cbr\u003eThe founder came to bamboo through tea, and through the thought of Sen no Rikyū. That led to a tie with Myōkian, the temple that holds Tai-an — the oldest surviving small tea room in Japan, two mats, a National Treasure. When Tai-an was restored, the old timber was entrusted to this workshop and tea utensils were made from it. On their finest chopsticks the tip is pared to 1.2 millimetres.\u003cbr\u003e• Design: White Bamboo Paperweight\u003cbr\u003e• Handcrafted — slight variations in colour and grain are the natural charm of handmade work; no two pieces are alike\u003cbr\u003e• Arrives carefully packed — ready for gifting\u003cbr\u003eSpecifications — Material: Handcrafted · Origin: Kyoto, Japan · Maker: Takano Chikko\u003cbr\u003eHandmade in Kyoto, Japan by Takano Chikko. 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