INTRODUCTION

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01_STORY

受け継がれてきた伝統
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石川県には「木地の山中」「塗りの輪島」「蒔絵の金沢」と称される三つの産地があります。
その名の通り挽物木地においては、全国でも他の追随を許さぬ完成度を誇ります。
その源流は天正年間（1570年〜1592年）越前の国から山伝いに、加賀市山中温泉の上流約20Kmの真砂という集落に、諸国山林伐採許可状を持った木地師の集団が移住したことに始まります。
その後、天保年間（1830年〜1844年）の蒔絵師「会津屋由蔵」、弘化年間（1844年〜1848年）の糸目挽きの名工「蓑屋平兵衛」、近代に入ってからは加飾挽きの名工「築地良太郎」らの努力により山中漆器発展の基礎が築かれました。

A traditon passed down
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Ishikawa Prefecture is home to three production centers known as “Yamanaka for woodwork,” “Wajima for lacquering,” and “Kanazawa for maki-e” (maki-e).
As the name implies, the quality of woodworking is unrivaled in the country.
The origin of this tradition dates back to the Tensho era (1570-1592), when a group of woodcutters with a permit to cut down forests in various countries migrated from Echizen Province to a village called Masago, about 20 km upstream from Yamanaka Onsen in Kaga City, along a mountain trail.
Later, the foundation for the development of Yamanaka lacquerware was laid by the efforts of Aizuya Yuzo, a maki-e lacquerware artist during the Tempo era (1830-1844), Minoya Heibei, a master itome grinder during the Koka era (1844-1848), and Ryotaro Tsukiji, a master decorator during the modern era.

02_CONCEPT

原点回帰
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「原点回帰」は物事の本質を見極め，根本に立ち返る事。
物事を始めるときには理想を抱きます。
しかし現実の荒波に揉まれる中で、最初に抱いていた理想が次第にすり減ってしまう。
物事がおかしくなってきた時に、すり減った理想をもう一度取り戻す儀式。リセットではありません。
そこまで積み上げたものは絶対に無くなりません。
しかし、思考を原点に戻すことで、人は当初に抱いていた理想を思い出すことができます。

奈良に都があった頃から湯治客を招き、土産物として作られた山中漆器。国内外の販路を開拓、世界的デザイン賞の受賞など伝統的な山中漆器の技術の発信をしてきた。
歴史を振り返り山中温泉で1から原点回帰する。
それが「GATO MIKIO/1」です。

Go back to the source
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“Go back to the source” means to find the essence of things and to go back to the root.
When we start things, we have ideals.
However, as we are tossed about by the rough and tumble of reality, the ideals we initially held gradually wear away.
When things start to go wrong, it is a ritual to regain the worn out ideals once again. It is not a reset.
What has been built up to that point will never be lost.
However, by returning one’s thinking to its starting point, one can recall the ideals that were held in the beginning.

Yamanaka lacquerware was made as a souvenir to invite visitors to hot-spring cures since the time Nara was the capital of Japan. The company has pioneered domestic and international sales channels, won world-class design awards, and otherwise promoted the traditional Yamanaka lacquerware technique.
Looking back at the history, Yamanaka Lacquerware is going back to the basics in Yamanaka Onsen.
That is “GATO MIKIO/1”.