Urushi
/lacquering tool
Refined urushi
Lacquering kit
Kanshitsu-ko
/Urushi-nendo
Pigment
Jitsuke material
Filter paper
Polishing article
Solvent/Oil
Spatula/Knife
Maki-e tool
Hake brush
Metallic leaf/powder
Other/Book
Wood body

Kato Kohe Shoten
478 Matsubara Nakano-cho, Matsubara-dori Tominokoji Nishi-iru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8063

Phone: 075-351-1932・7983
Fax: 075-351-7966
Refinement of urushi, sale of urushi and lacquering tool
Closed: Sun., public holiday, 2nd and 4th Sat.
Open 9AM-6PM on weekdays
and
9AM-4PM on 1st, 3rd, 5th Sat.




Company

Company Kato Kohe Shoten Co., Ltd.
Address 478 Matsubara Nakanocho, Matsubara-dori Tominokoji Nishi-iru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8063
Phone 075-351-1932・7983
Fax 075-351-7966
Managing director Jiro Kato
Business Refinement of urushi
Sale of urushi and lacquering tool
Lacquering class
Product development
Repair
Major customers manufacturers of lacquerwares and Buddhist altar pieces, artists, schools of fine arts, restorers of cultural assets, Yuzen dyeing workshops, and people who enjoy lacquering as a hobby
Awards Nihon Shikko Kyokai


8 minutes walk from Keihan Kiyomizu Gojo station
12 minutes walk from subway Gojo station
12 minutes walk from Hankyu Karasuma station
15 minutes walk from subway Shijo station
15 minutes walk from Hankyu Kawaramachi station







History

Mid 19C (end of the Edo period) Established as a merchant of pigment, safflower dye, and urushi at Karasuma-Nishiki-agaru.
Around 1920 Moved to the current location as a wholesaler of urushi.
1968 Established as Kato Kohe Shoten Co., Ltd.
April 2007 Started the urushi lacquering class.