The Nishijin kinran brocade sign plate received the Encouragement Award.

The 22nd “Iki of Miyako: 22nd Kyoto Craftsmanship Exhibition (exhibition, sales, and demonstrations) will be held at the Shimadai Gallery.
Traditional crafts unique to Kyoto will be exhibited and sold so that visitors can feel the charm of Kyoto’s crafts and the skills of Kyoto’s craftsmen, which have been cultivated over a long period of time, close at hand.
Please have a look.

Breath-taking skills of artisans.
Enchanting masterpieces.
Constantly refined over millennia,
Kyotoʼs time-honoured elegance still serves as a source of inspiration for beholders.
Now the Shimadai Gallery, a typical Kyoto Machiya house and a registered tangible property in Japan hosts an exhibition/shop of traditional handicraft pieces for experiencing Kyotoʼs intrinsic beauty in pure refinement.

The 22nd “Iki of Miyako: 22nd Kyoto Craftsmanship Exhibition” commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Kyoto Traditional Crafts Council

*Free admission

• Dates：March 16, 2024 (Sat) 11:00-18:00　　March 17 (Sun.) 11:00-17:00
• Venue：Shimadai Gallery (northwest corner of Higashinotoin, Oike-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto)　　1 minute walk from Exit 1 of Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma-Oike Station
• Contents：Traditional crafts unique to Kyoto will be exhibited, sold, and demonstrated so that visitors can become familiar with the skills of Kyoto’s craftspeople and the appeal of crafts that have been cultivated over many years.
  *Exhibition and sales of prize-winning works from the 50th anniversary “Kyoto Traditional Crafts and New Products Competition” are also planned.
• Organizers
  Organizer: Kyoto Traditional Crafts Council Co-organizer: Kyoto Prefectural Federation of Small Business Associations
  Supported by: Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, NHK Kyoto Broadcasting Station, Kyoto Shimbun, KBS Kyoto, FM Kyoto

 

We are by developing and manufacturing interior products using Nishijin brocade as a material, we aim to convey the appeal of Nishijin brocade to people around the world, revitalize Nishijin brocade factories, craftsmen, and material suppliers, and develop and pass on Nishijin brocade techniques.

Characteristics

• The world’s first “Nishijin kinran brocade sign plate” incorporating practicality.Pictograms and other information signs are designed with Nishijin brocade.
• Gorgeous colors and texture of Nishijin kinran brocade silk
• Warmth, luxury, and traditional feeling by the texture of silk
• Interior decoration by combining multiple panels is also available.
• We can flexibly respond to customers’ design requests due to small-lot production.

Pictogram signs” used on buildings tend to be inorganic.

We dared to use Nishijin kinran brocade, a traditional craft, for this purpose.

This product is not just decorative art, but also incorporates practicality.

The photo is a sample. (Size: Hexagonal diagonal is 180mm size)

Custom-made by our designer is available. (Color, shape, size, design)

Delivery time will vary depending on the lot, color, design, shape, etc. We will provide an estimate.

Please feel free to contact us.