Beautiful linen wool sharkskin unique jacket that looks like a tailored jacket turned inside out.With deerskin conductor’s bag and koshin pumps.
You can find our clothes at beautiful stores around the world.
Classic silhouette belted coat in beautiful linen wool sharkskin.
You can find our clothes at beautiful stores around the world.
October 7 − November 26, 2023
Tango Ancient Village Museum
108 Miya Tango-cho, Kyotango
Open 9:30 am − 5 pm
Closed Tuesday
ECHO TOMORROW FIELD
We are pleased to announce that Cashmere and Japanese wool garments from the “North Village Light” collection will arrive at Center for COSMIC WONDER on on Saturday, September 2.
Unique sweaters and cardigans made of silky, soft, and warm cashmere. This cashmere is sourced from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a high-quality production area. Spinning and dyeing by Japan.
Japanese wool sleeveless coat made by hand. This wool from Japanese wool is sheared, washed by hand to remove dirt and oil, hand-spun to make yarn, and hand-knitted. The beauty that resides in handwork is the echo of life itself, by nature and man.
We look forward to seeing you.
It has been a long time since I have fired a Yakishime ware.
I am referring to the earthenware (Haji) vessels that I used to bake in my early days. The clay is from Lake Biwa, whose shores have been slowly receding since ancient times. The soil, from the mountain where the ancient lake bed was raised, once kneaded, is left to rest. I plan to take about six days for the firing process.
Upon discovering the charm of tea, I started making tea utensils, earthenware bottles, furnaces, Chagurama (Tea wheels), Ochamochi (Tea boxes), and other tea items. While working with tea only gets more and more interesting, I have also made a variety of tableware.
So this time I will try to make vessels and utensils that show both my current point of view and my past experiences. In other words, I am thinking about the future, looking upward, while perhaps also circling back to my origin. For this exhibition, I would like to display objects that retain the quiet memory of clay, with all its primordial power, while keeping the flow of fantastical folklore intact.
Takashi Ichikawa
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We are pleased to present Takashi Ichikawa’s exhibition, “Tools for an imaginary people Back to the starting point for the future”, at the Center for COSMIC WONDER. This exhibition, the seventh in a series, will present new tea ceremony utensils and earthenware made from clay from the mountains where the Lake Biwa bed was raised in Shiga, which is where Ichikawa lives. We are pleased to welcome Gendo Sawamura and Hina Sawamura, who are active in communicating the infinite power of wildflowers, for a workshop and tea ceremony featuring wildflowers.
We look forward to your visit.
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Exhibition period:
September 16 – September 24, 2023 / Open throughout the exhibition period
16th and 17th are by appointment only.
*Reservations for visits on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 have been closed. From the 18th on, visitors may enter freely. Entry will be restricted during busy times.
Venue:
5-18-10 Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
T. +81 (0)3 5774 6866
Open noon – 6pm
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Opening Event:
1. Workshop “Sora tea”
The purpose of this event is to transform the wildflowers at our feet through light, water, and fire.
Enjoy the stories of wild grasses told with the tea tools of Takashi Ichikawa and sweets of yoin, including a demonstration of the process of picking grasses for making Sora tea (a wild herbal tea concoction).
Saturday, September 16
noon – 2:30 pm
Sunday, September 17
noon – 2:30 pm
Reservation required
Fee: 15,000 JPY
2. Tea ceremony “Sora”
To free up the mind and body. To let the fragrance of the grass, the power of the earth, and the life of the field permeate the cells and spirit. Enjoy the stories of wild grasses, Sora tea (a wild herbal tea concoction), confectionery by yoin, and tea tools made by Takashi Ichikawa.
Saturday, September 16
4pm – 5:30 pm
Sunday, September 17
4pm – 5:30 pm
Reservation required
Fee: 13,000 JPY
*All the seats are booked.
yasousora / Gendou Sawamura and Hina Sawamura
Learning from grasses about how people and grasses can thrive together.
Based in Fukuoka, Japan, they are active in communicating the life energy of wild grasses through wild teas.
Light linen wool geometric sleeve bow tie dress with circle sequins.
You can find our clothes at beautiful stores around the world.
We are pleased to announce that early fall garments from the “North Village Light” collection will arrive at Center for COSMIC WONDER on on Saturday, August 19.
Light linen wool farmer shirts and skirts, folk pants, and geometric asymmetrical sleeveless dresses with large circle sequins. Linen wool sharkskin belted coat, haori jacket with tailored jacket turned inside out design, gathered shirt, and geometric sleeve bow tie dress with circle sequins. Classic cloak coat for walks in the woods and fields, made of precious Japanese Suffolk wool with a primitive texture of straw and grass remaining in the fabric.
Enjoy a beverage at the CW’s Organic Tea Salon on Saturday, August 19 and Sunday, August 20.
We look forward to seeing you.
Photography by Takashi Homma
From top to bottom
Light linen wool farmers shirt and skirt, Japanese deerskin harvest clutch bag, Deerskin “koshin” folk pumps
Japanese suffolk melton cloak, High-count linen classic shirt, Silver “koshin” folk pumps
Production : COSMIC WONDER
Direction : AAWAA
Ikebana : Atsunobu Katagiri
Performer : Mihee Lee
Model : Aiko Koike, Kaho, Kanae Matsushita, Kotaro, Liliyo Fondecave Tsujimura, Masaho Anotani, Raiki, Ran Taniguchi, Tenko, Yotaro Kachi(DYGL)
Hair Make : Akiko Gamou
Hair : RYUDHO
Photography : Takashi Homma
Video recording : Fumitaka Kato, Ai Nakagawa
Special thanks : HANI, Keisuke Sugimoto, Mahiro Takahashi, Mirin Yasuda, Ryoma Koizumi, Takanohvskaya, Takuma Fujiwara, Yasukazu Ikeda, Yoshiki Yasaku, Yuumi Inoue
It is the season of light shining on all the greenery.
We are pleased to announce that Garabou sweater and early fall colored garments will arrive on on Saturday, July 8.
Garabou is a spinning machine developed at the end of the 19th century by Tatsumune Gaun, a former monk and inventor. It uses fallen cotton to spin yarns like hand-spun ones. Sweaters knitted with the rustic taste of garabou yarn have a textured feel and are everlasting and comfortable to wear. A piece-dyed collection for basic everyday wear is also available. Colors; Orange jade, Dark sumi, and Nirvana soil dyed in Amami-Oshima. Photos; Silk twill MM dress, Cotton paper voile doll shirt and tattsuke , and Cotton silk typewriter farmer dress.
We look forward to your visit.
Early summer season for bright pomegranate flowers.
We are pleased to announce the new arrivals of “North Village Light” collection on Saturday, June 3 at Center for COSMIC WONDER. Conductor bag and drawstring handbag with excellent comfort made of beautiful deerskin leather. Standard wallet, bifold wallet, card case, coin case, and circle case made of silver foil leather and light leather. New footwear proposal, pumps and folk shoes that inspired “Koshin” in Ancient Korean will be available.
We look forward to your visit.
A beautiful season of the fragrance of young leaves.
We are pleased to announce the new arrival of “North Village Light” collection on Saturday, May 27 at Center for COSMIC WONDER.
The collection, made of cotton paper voile, includes a classic doll shirt, a wrapped dress with unique sleeves shaped like a geometric space craft, and CW’s iconic large circle dress. Also, from the home collection Ryugu, large sleeve t-shirts and dresses in a combination of woven and cut organic cotton twill fabrics that feel great on the skin. Beautiful colors include Shell, Black, Beeswax, Jade, Sumi, and Ryukyu indigo.
We look forward to your visit.
We are pleased to announce the publication of the catalogue of the exhibition “NONO a native spirit of Kami and Cloth” by COSMIC WONDER with Kogei Punks Sha. The exhibition was held at the Shimane Iwami Art Museum in March 2021 and the catalogue is published by AKAAKASHA. In preparation for the exhibit, Kogei Punks Sha spent two years traveling around Japan and researching native fabrics, handmade papers, and sites where ancient spirits dwell. The exhibition was shaped by their unique interpretations of spirituality.
“NONO OMIZUE” was also held to capture what emerged from these experiences.
The catalogue is offset printed with additional stencil printing. The cover is letterpress printed on washi (paper) by Isao Nakamura of the Haigyu Area, Tokushima Prefecture, and bound by hand. Also included is a special insert of washi made of fibers from beaten taima-fu (hemp cloth) by Takaharu Maeda of Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture.
For this exhibition to launch the catalogue, we will display Kamikoromo (paper garments), Kamimino (paper raincoats), and tools made by COSMIC WONDER with Kogei Punks Sha for “NONO OMIZUE,” alongside a selection of native fabrics and bast fibers. Please take your time to enjoy the exhibition in the fresh greenery. The catalogue will be released at the Center for COSMIC WONDER on Saturday, May 27.
Exhibition catalogue “NONO a native spirit of Kami and Cloth”
Published: March 21, 2023 by AKAAKASHA
Book concept: Kogei Pankus Sha (Yukinori Maeda, Sumiko Ishii)
Design: Maki Yoshimura
Cover Washi: Isao Nakamura
First edition: 1000 copies
Exhibition period:
May 27 – June 3
Open 11am – 6pm *Closed on May 31
Venue:
gallery hakuden
7 Moriyamada, Kyotanba-cho, Funai-gun, Kyoto
t/f 0771-82-1782
Photo:
Fish drying hut, Okidomari area, Shimane Prefecture
(circa 1945-30, when Fuji-fu (wisteria cloth) fishing nets were in use)
I have begun a study of clothing in Tamba. When I say clothing, I am thinking of the nightgowns and bedclothes that were made long ago in the ancient Tamba province. In the past, the ancient Tamba Province was a large kingdom that stretched from the Tango Peninsula to Miyama in Nantan, which is where I live, and to Hikami and Taki in Hyogo Prefecture. The Tango Peninsula was the center of the kingdom and many ancient burial mounds and ruins can still be found there. Many Jomon-era ruins have also been discovered, giving one a sense of the life of the Jomon people. It is said that the n…[Read more]
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