Collection: About Toku

"Toku" means
"Meticulous" "Sincere and thorough"
It is a word that means "generous care".


The owner of Kagura Kagura Kobo Hashimoto, a workshop that restores cultural assets, is fascinated by leather and uses two of his own traditional techniques, lacquering and foil stamping, to create leather products that he creates with great care.

We have started selling products that combine "leather," "lacquer," and "leaf" so that people can feel closer to lacquer.

The leather products in our workshop retain the original texture of the leather,
Colored lacquer is used as a dye and applied to the leather, and then gold or platinum leaf is stamped on it to finish it off.


[Artist profile]
Atsushi Hashimoto

April 1982: Born as the second son of the Hashimoto Buddhist Altar Carving Shop.

March 2000: Trained in Kanazawa and became a holder of the Important Intangible Cultural Property of Makie

Studied under Matsuo Oba (Living National Treasure)

May 2019: Became independent under the name "Kagura Kobo Hashimoto"

December 2021: Changed name to Toku

February 2023: Exhibiting at "NY NOW 2023" in the United States

February 2024: Exhibiting at "NY NOW 2024" in the United States

July 2024: Exhibiting at "JAPAN EXPO Paris 2024" in France

February 2025: Exhibiting at "NY NOW 2025" in the United States

August 2025: Exhibiting at CREATIVE EXPO TAIWAN 2025 in Taiwan