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HOKUONOTAKUMI

北欧の匠

Scandinavian Arts & Craft

Shop & Art Gallery

Tokyo - Japan

北欧の匠

HOKOUNOTAKUMI

Scandinavian Arts & Crafts

Hokuo Bldg.

1-15-13 Ginza, Chuo-ku

Tokyo 104-0061

Japan

Phone: 03 5524 5657

Open: 11 to 19 o'clock

Closed Monday

www.hokuonotakumi.jp

Yoshitsugu Narikawa and his wife on the second floor of Hokounotakumi among rare craft items.

HOKUONOTAKUMI Scandinavian Arts & Crafts Shop/ Gallery is run by the Narikawa-family and good friend Mr. Ikeda.

HOKUONOTAKUMI is a shop and gallery in the Ginza area in Tokyo specialising in mainly Scandinavian arts and crafts.

Apart from a vide range of contemporary art and craft items, it is also home to one of the properly biggest vintage Scandinavian craft collections in Japan.

The HOKUONOTAKUMI Art Gallery stages exhibitions of various forms of arts and craft.

Eyefishmedia items:

Hokuonotakumi is retailing following items for Eyefish Media:

Kent W. Dahl's vintage collection of Kay Bojesen figures.

www.hokuonotakumi.jp/vintage-kay-bojesen/

Photos by Kent W. Dahl:

Title: Hand over the baton

Kent W. Dahl©

BOOKS by Kent W. Dahl:

Documentary films on DVD

For more information

EXHIBITIONS

Hokuonotakumi is likewise staging exhibitions of Kent W. Dahl's photos and art collection from time to time.

Yoshitsugu Narikawa established the company after he retired as president of LEGO Japan. During his intermediary role between Japan and Denmark at LEGO Japan, he discovered a growing interest for Nordic craft and design in Japan. Thus came the idea to start HOKUONOTAKUMI.

Today the company is a family business run by the Narikawa-family consisting of Narikawa-senior, his wife Nobuko, son Kohta and daughter Mami. Narikawa's old friend, Tomohiro Ikeda, is also tending the shop.

HOKUONOTAKUMI has a large clientele interested in Nordic craft, art and culture from all over Japan. It has likewise become a destination for foreign visitors and tourists, who want to experience Nordic craftsmanship during their stay in the Japanese capital.

The shop on the ground floor displays arts and craft items covering famous brands as well as artisan products. Its Danish handmade leather bags and leather purses are among the popular items. There are also showcases with vintage objects including jewellery, wooden toys and silverware.

The second floor of HOKUONOTAKUMI is home to one of the properly biggest vintage Scandinavian craft collections in Japan. Yoshitsugu Narikawa has painstakingly collected craft items during his frequent visits to Scandinavia over the past many years. A corner is dedicated to a vintage collection of wooden toys by the famous Danish designer Kay Bojesen.

An art gallery occupies the third floor. Here Japanese and foreign artists stage exhibitions covering various arts forms including paintings, pottery, photography and craft.

VINTAGE CRAFT ITEMS COLLECTED BY YOSHITSUGU NARIKAWA OVER A LIFETIME:

Danish vintage hand printed textiles produced by the famous Danish textile company F.L. Foght in the 1950s.

Designed by Danish textile designers Inge Toft, Grethe Ehs and Finnish designer, Maija Isola. The latter was also a star designer for Finnish Marimekko.

The famous Danish textile company, F.L. Foght, printed the textiles by above designers.

Swiss artist and graphic designer, Rolf Iseli, and Swedish Lisa Grønwall. Hand printed in Sweden.