Masato Uchida Meister (Western furniture craftsman (Yokohama Furniture))

Last Updated March 23, 2022

Masato Uchida, Meister's face photo

Katsuto Uchida (Uchidaka)
Western-style furniture craftsman (Yokohama furniture)

Selected in fiscal 2013 (18th term)
Lives in Minami Ward

Born in 1959, Born in Tokyo
Joined Takenaka Co., Ltd. in 1986
Established Motomachi Factory in 2004

Furniture is a time capsule filled with messages from the predecessor.

I have been working with the idea of "leaving furniture making technology for future generations."

Yokohama Furniture can be manufactured with high quality, and can be repaired and repaired, so it can be used for a long time, for generations, with attachment.

For furniture craftsmen, furniture made decades ago is a time capsule filled with the messages of the ancestors.

While taking in the feelings of the craftsmen who worked on it, we make the technology ourselves, refine it neatly, and hand it over to the next generation.

The furniture made by Mr. Uchida will also be a time capsule for craftsmen who inherit the technology of Yokohama furniture.

We hold "Furniture Craftsman Training Seminar" to provide basic technical guidance for becoming a furniture craftsman and training course for graduates to acquire even higher skills.

We send out as many engineers as possible and hope that Yokohama will become a production area for furniture production again.

Meister's skill

Masato Uchida Meister’s work

Even if it is the same material, there is the right material in the right place, and by taking the wood (removal of parts) considering it, excellent durability is created.

We respond to individual needs and challenge new designs, and finish flats and various curved surfaces at each point with more than 400 planes.

In addition, assuming repairs and repairs to be performed in the future, furniture is produced with a consistent idea and knowledge of material sorting, design, structure, assembly, finishing, painting, etc.

The technology for producing Yokohama furniture is intended to materialize the design, and we are aiming for further evolution with a two-way tripod of technology and design.

Profile

Masato Uchida Meister’s workshop tour

After graduating from Fashion College, he worked as an apparel designer. Watching a furniture craftsman working silently on TV, he decides to change jobs.

He attended the Woodworking Division of Hatano Vocational Training School and joined Takenaka Co., Ltd. in Motomachi at the age of 27.

After independence, he established a lotus grass Motomachi workshop with his friends at the age of 45.

In addition to repairing the cabinet of Emperor Taisho, he has been involved in the production and repair of furniture in Yokohama-bijutsukan's collections, the director's office of the Yokohama Regional Meteorological Observatory, the guest room of the Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall, the former Guest House in Yokohama Media and Communications Center, the Yamate Catholic Church, and the Yamate 7 Western Museum.

In addition, on the 150th anniversary of the opening of Yokohama Port, a workshop to make benches with elementary school students in the city will be held.