We talked to Yasuyuki Sasaki, a Kawaguchi lacquerware store who makes casual lacquerware for everyday use while taking over the traditional technique of Kagawa lacquerware.
[1] About the trigger of pursuing the path of crafts, your own background, the history and formation of the workshop
The Kawaguchiya lacquerware store in Sanuki, Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture is the first generation grandfather Muneo Sasaki.1946It is a lacquer workshop founded in the year. Lacquerware in Kagawa Prefecture1976It was designated as a national traditional handicraft in the year, but the demand for lacquerware decreases due to changes in lifestyles after the collapse of the bubble, and sales decrease to 1/5 of the peak.3Yasuyuki Sasaki, the generation, will change the current situation.2000I entered the family business in the year.
"I didn't want to break what my grandfather and father had continued, so after graduating from college, I decided to return to Kagawa and decided to take over my family business. I had a sense of crisis that I couldn't continue the lacquer store if I didn't want to make something that young people of the same generation were "cool." "
In 2016, the original brand "87.5(Hachijuna Natengo)I will start the production of lacquerware that suits my current life while faithfully inheriting the tradition of Kagawa lacquerware. The brand name is Shikoku is the place of the studio88Visiting87from88He was named because he was on the way to his turn. Sasaki's desire to "Kagawa lacquerware wants to know Kagawa lacquerware all over the country" is included.
[2] Being working to stimulate your five senses and conscious
The same generation as yourself30～40Mr. Sasaki, who wants people to use lacquerware, says that he often looks at fashion magazines and interior magazines to research the living room of the young generation.
"I sometimes go around a general store in Tokyo, and for a 1-2 months at the tableware exhibition.1I will participate in the times. Sometimes you may see something different from your taste so that your sensitivity does not stiffen. Stimulation from various works and information is motivated to manufacture. "
Mr. Sasaki says that lacquerware and fashion have a common sense. "You can enjoy tableware like fashion, just like choosing various clothes with daily coordination." He continues to research the current sense of fashion and the atmosphere of the times, so that one of the tabling wear changes is to increase the number of people who choose lacquerware.
[3] What we value and commitment in the work production, what we want to convey through the work and what we want to fulfill
The 87.5 concept is, "A tool that makes you feel happy in your daily life. "is. The colorful cups and bowls that are fun to the eyes are created by being inspired by the traditional Kagawa lacquer ware techniques called monolonization. By applying its own coloring, it gives a casual impression and colors everyday tables gorgeously.
"Lacquerware is not a difficult bowl, but is suitable for everyday use that is light and broken. Some people say," I feel that the dishes are a bit different when I use lacquerware. " If you use it, the image of lacquerware should change. "
It seems good to try it from a daily cutlery made by Mr. Sasaki that Mr. Sasaki says, "I really want people who want to make it."
[4] What we are trying to inherit traditional technology and culture and what we want to challenge in the future
Mr. Sasaki is worried that even the younger generation learns technology because he wants to be involved in lacquerware making, but there are few sides.
"The entire lacquer ware industry is becoming an endangered species. To inherit traditional technology and culture, it is essential to develop a stable income from this job and the successor to the successor. But we are creating an environment to nurture young craftsmen in order to become the power. "
To the page of the fashion magazine that opened casually87.5Mr. Sasaki says that he wants to transmit his charm while supporting the lacquer ware in order to realize such a daily life with lacquerware.
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