Company Profile

About Us

To cultivate, refine, and pass on craft techniques to the next generation.

Company Name

Wakabayashi Butsugu Seisakusho Co., Ltd.

Brand

THE URUSHI

Established

1830

Representative

Tomoyuki Wakabayashi

Address

147 Nishi-kyo-cho, Shinmachi Higashi-iru, Shichijo-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 600-8218

Phone Number

075-371-3132 (Weekdays 10:00-16:00)

Email

info@theurushi.com

Business Activities

Manufacturing and sales of Buddhist altars and Buddhist ritual objects
Planning, manufacturing, and sales of lacquerware
Operation of the lacquer brand THE URUSHI

Vision

Products that people "want to use because they're cool," not confined to the category of crafts. What we value most is that our lacquer products make us feel "I want to buy them myself and use them every day."

About THE URUSHI

Wakabayashi Butsugu Seisakusho is a long-established company in Kyoto that has been producing Buddhist altars and ritual objects for generations. We have inherited, refined, and continuously improved traditional Japanese craft techniques such as lacquer coating, gold leaf, and maki-e.

"It's not that it has value because it's traditional; I want to use it because it's cool."

From this idea, the lacquer brand THE URUSHI was born. We deliver 200 years of lacquer craftsmanship to your everyday dining table.