Recently, more and more people are attracted to Japanese handicrafts and Japanese things. However, the present situation is that there is almost no opportunity to directly know the background of the creator or the craftsman. Under such circumstances, the select shop "ten" in Kiyosumi Shirakawa (Kiyosumi Shirakawa) has a simple and easy-to-understand story of the hand. I tried to see the store's conception and commitment to this storekeeper, Sae Yamamoto, who just opened in February 2019.
A select shop "ten" with factories, which are familiar to craftsmen
Even if you look while looking at the map for about 15 minutes on foot from Kiyosumi Shirakawa, you can not find anything that seems like a shop. That should be it. The select shop "ten" is attached to the factory, and the street side is the factory entrance. In order to enter the shop, I had to go through the narrow road next to the building and put it on the back.
Passing the narrow road between the building and the fence and going to the back.
The entrance of "ten" which sets up a shop quietly along the Sumida River.
The shop also displays Japanese artists and craftsmen, miscellaneous goods, apparel items, and original products. It is surprising that there is a factory next to a calm space based on white, but “I would like to introduce craftsmen in an environment where you can actually see the manufacturing as well as things as a select shop, with this concept from the beginning It was decided, "Mr. Yamamoto.
Mr. Kawai, a hardware craftsman, is stationed in the factory and works on the interior and production of store fixtures, but also produces large slopes, doors, fixtures, etc. in the store (some of which can be purchased). The shop and the plant are connected by a single door, so you can get in touch with the world of craftsmen you can not usually see.
(Interview article of Kawai is here )
When the door of the fitting room of the shop is opened, the factory is connected to the back.
Not only Kawai but also various craftsmen are involved in the fixtures and original products in the store.
"My dad and my brother are working to make the members of the shrines and temples, so there are many trees in the factory of my home. In the temples, the beautiful white wood is preferred, and the ones that contain the clause are burned and disposed of I wanted to use it for something, but I didn't have the means to make myself or the means to sell myself, but the environment for doing business was in place, Kawai's There were a lot of craftsmen and carpenters around because of the influence, so I chose and made something that could be used as an interior with those people. "
The wall is made by Mr. Yamamoto's brother (Miya carpenter). The table on which the product is placed is a Ginkgo tree, and my father who is familiar with the trees told me what kind of trees did not break and what kind of trees would be best for making big ones.
"The same is true for the original product. The cherry wood cutting board was asked by the father for the ingredients, and the carpenter was scraping off the offcuts when making the fixtures. There is also
Yamamoto conveys the image of the design, and the original product created by the carpenter and craftsman who usually do the interior work is unique and unique. Yamamoto-san, who respects the craftsman, says, "It's the best to make things after all."
Japanese things that are easy to incorporate into life
Mr. Yamamoto, who introduced products, said, “Select products flexibly select Japanese things that are easy to incorporate into life.”
From incense set to enjoy at home, also incense (zuko) used for Buddhist rituals.
"This incense is from Tokyo Kodo-san. It is a long-established fragrant shop that has been in wholesale for 80 years, originally from the temples and shrines, but after the daughter who has succeeded in studying aroma in France, We create an incense that can be worn like perfume, combining Japanese and Western traditions so that you can feel the incense closer to you. I think that, but I did not agree with the spirit of the owner I wanted you to enjoy yourself at first.
Mr. Yamamoto, who speaks so much, studied dyed fabrics and textiles at university, and then became a disciple at a dyed and dyed planter. There, he abandoned the craftsman's road to know the tough professional world, and then worked for nine years at a jeans maker in Okayama. You are currently opening a shop to introduce Japanese craftsmen and goods. What was the reason for that?
"I think that my father and brother are the work of a shrine carpenter who creates temples and shrines, my mother loves kimono, and things like Japan's heart have been the basis of my own. I think that I was attracted to Japanese things thanks to the tea ceremony and his teacher who started five years ago, although it is said that tea ceremony is a general art, but both calligraphy and flowers It became more and more interesting as I remember it while actually doing it, and in particular, I began to focus on what contemporary artists are creating. "
The black cutting board was dyed by Mr. Yamamoto with iron mordant. What is placed on the top is a card holder made by Harue Nishikawa.
In the store, there are also artists such as Naoya Yoshida and Yuki Kubota, and tea ceremony products such as a dyer and Nishikawa Harue's Kaiseki and Kobokusa. If you are going to start tea from now on, it will be a visit.
Mr. Yamamoto says, "I'm still there, but someday tea will be taught here."
"The tea ceremony is also true, but I think many people in the world of various sums and the world of craftsmen can not take the first step quite easily. So, you can enjoy it so that you can enjoy yourself in a familiar way If I can become a bridge officer, I would like to convey Japanese things so that it can be easily adopted by young people while protecting old things. ”
Mr. Yamamoto who was mainly in charge of dye making when he was a student of a dyer. "I can't forget that time. I don't like professional people, but I like to dye, so the shop bags are dyed by myself."
When asked about the products in the store, “Apparel products are“ TALK TO ME ”, a brand that pursues how beautiful a woman's body looks, and is a ready-made clothes line created by fashion designer Shoko Ikeda. I'm putting into the clothes various things that I felt in my everyday life, and the name "TALK TO ME" expresses the attitude to live while facing my inner part, as it means "talk to me" ", Explained the background of the brand in an easy-to-understand manner.
While enjoying the conversation with Mr. Yamamoto slowly, I know Japanese craftsmen, know the background, and I am attracted and liked. Such ten, not only do shopping, it is a fun space where encounters with things and people are born, and I have made me realize that I have changed the way we look at things.
Taken / Tomako Kitamoto ・ Haruka White
"Ten" DATA
Opening hours: 13 am to 19 am / Regular holidays (Open day at Instagram @ 10_tokyo )
Address: 2-1-17 Saga, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Access: Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line A 5-minute walk from Sutenmiyamae Station Exit 2, Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line A 14-minute walk from Kiyosumi Shirakawa Station Exit A3 * The entrance is in front of the factory. To store, please go back through the factory horizontal passage.
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