sideboard HASHIRAMA Fujin・Raijin
This new cabinet in charcoal, specially created for our Paris store, features a“HASHIRAMA” door design, which is popular in Japan. The pictured wind god/thunder god is a Japanese god that helps the good and punishes the bad. The image represents an appeal to become someone who benefits the world.
While watching the snow falling in the garden from inside a warm room, instead of opening the shoji door, one might gently slide it aside to create a narrow gap to appreciate the view. This refined aesthetic sensibility is translated into the design of the display cabinet.
This living room sideboard is modeled after the architecture of Japanese castles. And like some Japanese castles, this piece employs balloon framing, making use of thick pillars instead of typical six-sided boxes. It captures the unique and dignified presence of towering Japanese architecture.
This work too was created exclusively for the Paris store. Its appearance, like an interwoven building, is grand in style, and has a surprisingly delicate balance. Despite being an item of furniture, it also works as an objet d’art.
Japanese paintings on fusuma, traditional Japanese architectural fittings crafted by skillful artisans.
A table made from large trees that have lived, staring at the world, far longer than any person alive. The lines of grain that have endured so many long years of wind and snow are dramatic, and almost defy human understanding. The legs made of rectangular boards and thick round rods further this world view.
