CHIKUEN Catalog

100 The group’s philosophy is to create a beautiful piece that you can live with for a long time. Six artisan are in the group and they mainly use natural bamboo for their products. ◇ Kenji Oishi〈G〉Born in 1938, Based in Kitsuki, Oita, Career: 38 years, Selected to the Japan Craft Design Competition as well as the Kyushu area Craft Design Competition. ◇Masakatsu Ono〈B/D〉Born in 1944, Based in Beppu, Oita, Career: 38 years, A member of the Japan Craft Design Association, Selected to the Japan Craft Design Competition, Awarded a grand prize at the Kyushu area Craft Design Competition. ◇Yayoi Kaneharu〈E〉Born in 1954, Based in Kitsuki, Oita, Career: 33 years, ◇Shun Sakata〈D/J〉Born in 1955, Based in Beppu, Oita, Career: 31 years, ◇Yoshio Sugimoto〈F〉Born in 1949, Based in Beppu, Oita, Career: 37 years, Selected to the Japan Craft Design Competition and Asahi Craft Design Competition. ◇Yasu Hiroi〈C〉Born in 1958, Based in Beppu, Oita, Career: 24 years, Selected to the Japan Craft Design Competition and the Whole Country Officially Designated Traditional Craft Products Exhibition. ※ Alphabetical signs after the each items such as G-3 are shown artisan’s name(ex:G-3 is made by Kenji Oishi〈G〉). 4017 Octagon Pattern Woven Bag (L) D-9 W43×D19×H25 （ +16 ） cm Bag: bamboo　Handle: curved rattan ¥ 59,000 4018 Octagon Pattern Woven Bag (M) D-10 W40×D17×H23 （ +14 ） cm Bag: bamboo　Handle: curved rattan ¥ 55,000 4019 Octagon Pattern Woven Bag (S) D-11 W35×D14×H22 （ +11 ） cm Bag: bamboo　Handle: curved rattan ¥ 50,000 4014 Octagon Pattern Woven Bag (L) D-7 W43×D18×H25 （ +14 ） cm Bag: bamboo Handle: curved rattan ¥ 59,000 The philosophy is“to create a beautiful piece that you can live with for a long time.” Beppu craft group makes beautiful and useful bamboo items. They choose the most beautiful natural bamboo to design for use as a hand bag or as a better class of Eco-bag, or as a magazine rack. Beppu Craft Group ※ The Takumi series are all handmade. Price show is the retail price of an individual product. The ratio between wholesale and retail prices is 　flexible due to the cost of the materials used at the time of the order. Therefore, wholesale price benefits will vary.