Announcement – Exhibiting at JAPAN SHOP 2023

MORI KOUGEI will once again exhibit at JAPAN SHOP 2023, held from February 28 to March 3, 2023.

This year’s exhibition will focus primarily on highly decorative one-of-a-kind marquetry works and small-scale artworks by Kenichi Mori .

JAPAN SHOP 2023

Dates: February 28 (Tue) – March 3 (Fri), 2023

Venue: Tokyo Big Sight East Exhibition Hall
(Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo)

Booth Number: JS4006 (inside the Tokushima Prefecture Booth)

Organizer: Nikkei Inc.

https://messe.nikkei.co.jp/js/

If you are attending the exhibition, we would be delighted if you stopped by our booth.

If you would like an invitation ticket, please let us know your mailing address.

We look forward to meeting and speaking with everyone at the venue.

 

Other exhibited products: “CLOCK” “STAND” “TRAY”

Introducing Our New Wooden Plate Series “TSUKI-JIRI WOOD PLATE”

One of a Kind — To Admire. To Serve.

Beautiful wood grain plates that quietly elevate the main subject

［ABOUT］

“Tsuki-ita” refers to natural wood sliced paper-thin and used as a surface material for furniture and interiors.

Only carefully selected solid wood with beautiful grain and excellent condition is chosen to become veneer.

After these valuable woods are sliced down to their limit to create veneer sheets,
the remaining solid section is called “Tsuki-jiri.”

Tsuki-jiri are the thicker sections, approximately 10–20mm thick,
positioned above and below the hundreds of veneer sheets produced from a single block of wood.

Yet in most cases, only the thin veneer itself is used in furniture and interiors.

The tsuki-jiri sections rarely see the light of day,
often treated simply as leftover or excess material and discarded.

 

For many years, MORI KOUGEI has specialized in applying veneer to furniture and architectural interiors.

 

And one day, we stopped and thought:

“Although tsuki-jiri cannot become veneer or decorate the surfaces of furniture and interiors,

they are still flawless solid wood with naturally beautiful grain and color.

How wasteful it is to simply throw them away…”

 

Tsuki-jiri are also precious and valuable materials.

Each piece has its own individuality,
and every one is a rare, one-of-a-kind material.

 

These unique tsuki-jiri pieces are reborn as plates —

subtle supporting actors that beautifully complement the true stars:
food, tableware, and the moments shared around them.

 

Bringing overlooked materials back into the spotlight.

Simple in concept, yet inherently sustainable.

 

This project represents a new commitment and direction for MORI KOUGEI,
which celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2023.