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Delivery example: Kyoto Fushimi "Kakishibu Nishikawa Honten Co., Ltd."

Delivery example: Kyoto Fushimi "Kakishibu Nishikawa Honten Co., Ltd."

Kyoto Leggera Chestnut Iron Dye Black

When your grandchild was born, you were considering buying a child chair.

"Lightweight chairs that can be quickly added when people gather,

Sitting on the floor is also convenient for when my grandmother comes over because she has bad knees.

When not in use, you can display it like this."

The entrance gate is painted with persimmon tannin every year.

I was allowed to take some photos.

The father of modern Italian design

Influenced by Gio Ponti's Superleggera,

We designed an ultra-lightweight chair that fits into Japanese living spaces.

By arranging tenons in the appropriate places, such as one-piece tenon, two-piece tenon, single-body tenon, double-body tenon, and large tenon (a tenon with two layers of body attachment), we have achieved both strength and delicacy.

It is a wooden chair.

So as not to interfere with the vertical and horizontal beauty of Japan's composition,

The Kyoto Leggera has been redesigned with a lot of ingenuity.

It blends in with Kyoto's beautiful architectural space.

I was able to take some great delivery photos.

Nishikawa Honten's persimmon tannin is also used in the iron mordant process of this chair.

"When the Kyoto Sumiyama Asakura Woodworks studio was built, the foundation was also made of

We applied persimmon tannin from Nishikawa Honten," says Ishinomaki Construction's Itaya Kobo.

Persimmon tannin is highly valued in many ways, including for dyeing fabric and in sake brewing.

Guardians of Kyoto who continue to preserve the wisdom of their ancestors.

"Nishikawa Honten Co., Ltd."

"For the past 300 years, I have been living in Fushimi, Kyoto, selling persimmon tannins.

We use our many years of experience to carefully select genuine persimmon tannins.

It is a natural extract made by squeezing and fermenting persimmon fruit juice. (From the website)

Address: 10 Momoyamacho Higashimachi, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City, 612-8008

TEL075-601-1140

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