Kohchosai Kosuga

Founded in Tokyo in 1898 and appointed a purveyor to the Imperial Household in its founding year. The house carries the name of the court painter Ueda Kōchō; its bamboo won prizes at the World's Fairs of St. Louis (1904), London (1910) and Dresden (1911). The house moved to Kyoto in 1947 and has worked there ever since.