Between what is revealed and what remains concealed, this collection of authorial furniture is a meditation on time, silence, and presence. Inspired by the essay In’ei Raisan by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, it evokes the Japanese aesthetics of shadow — where beauty is not in the object itself, but in the penumbra it casts.
Each piece offers an experience of contemplation. The reclaimed black cinnamon wood, with its deep grain and time-darkened tones, acts as a vessel for shadows — absorbing light and revealing textures that do not impose, but quietly emerge. Stainless steel, precise and restrained, appears as interruption and counterpoint: a cool pause within the warm gesture of the wood.
Tanizaki once wrote, “beauty does not lie in the light itself, but in its controlled absence.” In this collection, light is treated as language: the lamp, inspired by Tokugawa ceremonial armor, guards the light as if it were a secret. The armchair, with lines that echo the architecture of Naoshima Island, suggests space as a refuge — a shelter from excess, where time begins to slow.
Everything here is matter that listens.
Wood, steel, leather — not as ornament, but as layers of presence.
These are objects that do not shout, but whisper to those who know how to see slowly.
Handcrafted in the studio, the pieces move between the raw and the subtle, precision and improvisation. A praise of shadow not only as an aesthetic gesture, but as a stance toward the world: beauty as retreat, as echo, as silence filled with meaning.
Between light and shadow, form and spirit.
The Naoshima armchair and the Tokugawa lamp stand as complementary elements within the In’ei Raisan – Between Light and Shadow collection. Each, in its own way, expresses the dialogue between material and intangible, between presence and introspection.
Naoshima is a shelter.
Crafted by hand using reclaimed solid wood, stainless steel, and natural leather, its form emerges from silence — restrained, essential, attuned to impermanence. The grounded density of the wood contrasts with the lightness of steel, while the leather bears the passing of time like skin bears touch. More than an object of rest, it invites stillness, listening, and being.
Tokugawa is light that reveals without exposing.
Inspired by the ceremonial armor of the Tokugawa clan, the lamp explores layering, openings, and overlapping forms. Light filters gently through the gaps, casting shadows that shift and reshape the space. Its structure — in wood and steel — evokes both protection and the quiet ritual of illumination.
Together, Naoshima and Tokugawa embody the spirit of In’ei Raisan:
a reverence for what is hinted at, for what transforms, for what inhabits the subtle threshold between the seen and the unseen.
These are not pieces for haste.
They ask for presence.
