Masato Uchida Meister (Western furniture, Yokohama)

Last Updated March 23, 2022

Masato Uchida Meister face photo

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

Selected in FY2013 (18th term)
Lives and works in Minami Ward

Born in 1959, from Tokyo
Joined Takenaka Co., Ltd. in 1986
Established lotus grass Motomachi workshop in 2004

Furniture is a time capsule filled with the message of the predecessor.

I have been working with the idea of "leave furniture making technology to future generations."

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

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

While capturing the feelings of the craftsmen who worked on it, make the technology yourself, refinish 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 Worker Training Seminar" to provide basic technical guidance for becoming a furniture craftsman and training for graduates to acquire even higher skills.

We hope that as many engineers as possible will be sent out, and that Yokohama will become a furniture production area again.

Meister's skill

Masato Uchida Meister's work

Even if the same material is used, there is the right person in the right place, and by considering it, wood removal (member removal) creates excellent durability.

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

In addition, we manufacture furniture with a consistent concept and knowledge in sorting, design, structure, assembly, finishing, painting, etc. of materials, assuming repairs and restorations to be performed in the future.

The technology for making Yokohama furniture is intended to materialize the design, and we aim for further evolution with two tripods of technology and design.

Profile

A tour of the workshop by Masato Uchida Meister

After graduating from the Fashion College, he worked as an apparel designer. Watch the furniture craftsman working silently on TV and decide to change jobs.

He attended the woodworking section 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 the restoration of Emperor Taisho's cabinets, he is involved in the production and repair of furniture such as the Yokohama-bijutsukan Collection, the Yokohama Regional Meteorological Observatory Director's Office, the Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall, the former guest room of Yokohama Media and Communications Center, the Yamate Catholic Church, and the Yamate Seven Western Museum.

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