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Kagura Kobo Hashimoto
Kagura Kobo Hashimoto was founded to specialize in the restoration business independently from the Hashimoto Butsugu Engraving Shop, which had existed for about 130 years in Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture. It is one of the few workshops in Fukushima Prefecture, and even in Japan, that can also restore cultural assets.
Many of the masks and lion's heads used in Kagura and Daidaikagura are registered as intangible folk cultural assets. Our workshop mainly restores these valuable tools as well as festival cars, temple plaques, shrine plaques.
Restoration Techniques
There are two main types of restoration techniques.
One is "coloring. This is a technique in which gofun, iwaenogu (mineral pigments) or suikan (dried pigments) are mixed with glue to create the base and coloring.
The other is "Urushi"(Japanese lacquer). Lacquer is applied over and over again to create a beautiful and solid finish.
Restoration Orders
There are two main types of restoration techniques.
One is "Saishiki"(coloring). This is a technique in which gofun, iwaenogu (mineral pigments) or suikan (dried pigments) are mixed with glue to create the base and coloring.
The other is "Urushi" (Japanese Lacquer). Urushi is applied over and over again to create a beautiful and solid finish.
篤~toku~
篤~toku~ produces and sells leather products utilizing two techniques: the "Shippi" technique, one of the traditional "Urushi" (Japanese Lacquer) techniques, and the "Haku-oshi" technique, which is used to make gold leaf-finishing on the eyes and teeth of a lion's head.
While retaining the original texture of the leather, colored Urush is applied to the leather as a dye, and then gold or platinum foil is stamped on the leather to finish it off. We will also accept production by your order.
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Business hours/10:00~18:00
- Restoration Request