Colours

Traditionaly in Japan, furniture for wealthy customers (often merchants) were finished with natural wood color laquer. The most exclusive tansutansu
Japanese chest, generally speaking piece of furniture for a storage purpose could be finished with black or red lacquer though.

Our Kôki line craftsmen have "innovated" and are offering us a wide range of colors, all from the traditional colours used in Japanese art, for instance in ukiyo-e (woodblock prints): white, sakurasakura
Cherry flower (cherry blossom, pinkish white), red, yellow, green, blue, black.

We call these coloured lacquered pieces "Japan colors". Some of our customers compare it to a famours Italian maker's luxury sports cars... and talk about design or modern furniture. To some extent, this is remembering the Japanese art's input to Art Nouveau during the late 19th / early 20th century.

Our craftsmen car prepare challenging colours such as sakurasakura
Cherry flower thanks to centuries of experience. These are colours that you can hardly find in other lacquer products.

Finally, our craftsmen are choosing the hardware / brass colour (glossy black, glossy grey, or patina finish grey) to get a refined and original piece of furniture at the same time.

To offer you the shortest leadtime, we have imported several "Japan colors" and can ship over Europe within a few days. We can also make special orders (lacquer colour, hardware colour, etc.) Contact us for details.