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George Katsutoshi Nakashima (Japanese: 中島勝寿 Nakashima Katsutoshi, May 24, 1905 – June 15, 1990) was an American woodworker, architect, and furniture maker who was one of the leading innovators of 20th century furniture design and a father of the American craft movement [citation needed].
Ryobiraki tansu being carried by hired porters. Woodblock print, Utagawa Toyokuni, 1807. Tansu were rarely used as stationary furniture. Consistent with traditional Japanese interior design, which featured a number of movable partitions, allowing for the creation of larger and smaller rooms within the home, tansu would need to be easily portable, and were not visible in the home except at ...
Pages in category "Japanese furniture" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Byōbu; C. Chabudai
It is the largest furniture and home furnishing chain in Japan. [3] Founded in Sapporo in 1967 by the company's current President Akio Nitori. Nitori currently has more than 700 stores in Japan and more than 70 stores in China , [ 4 ] more than 50 stores in Taiwan , Singapore , Malaysia , the Philippines , Thailand , Indonesia , and South Korea .
Pages in category "Japanese furniture designers" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. I.
Isamu Kenmochi (Japanese: 剣持勇, 1912 - 1971) was a Japanese modernist designer significant in the development of Japanese industrial design after World War II. [1] Isamu Kenmochi was born on 2 January 1912 in Tokyo. [2]
Japanese chair made from carved Zelkora wood with stencilled leather upholstery. The term Asian furniture, or sometimes Oriental furniture, refers to a type of furniture that originated in the continent of Asia. Sometimes people also think of Asian furniture as a style of furniture that has Asian accents. With assimilation with western culture ...
The Noguchi table is a piece of modernist furniture first produced in the mid-20th century. Introduced by Herman Miller in 1947, it was designed in the United States by Japanese American artist and industrial designer Isamu Noguchi. The Noguchi table comprises a wooden base composed of two identical curved wood pieces, and a heavy plate glass ...