We visited Nihonbashi Honmachi to visit Ozu Washi-san, a long-established Japanese paper company founded in 1653.
Director Matsuura of the Ozu Archives, Mr. Nakamura, in charge of the gallery and cultural classroom, responded comfortably.
Currently, this building is under seismic construction, so the historical archives and galleries are being reduced and exhibited.
Director
Inside the museum
Thousand boxes (used in the Edo period) If you put a thousand cars in this box, it weighs about 20 kg.
The founder is from Ise-Matsusaka, and among his relatives, Motoori Norinaga, is also a Japanese literary scholar. However, in 1929, the founder of Ozu withdrew from the business. The president has been decided from among the employees. It seems that the current manager is the 17th generation. The photo below shows the Ozu founding family tree.
The production areas of Japanese paper are mainly Echizen, Tosa and Mino.
Recently, the needs of Japanese paper have become scarce, so most Japanese paper producers are their families alone.
In the hall, a creative weden dress made of wonderful Japanese paper is displayed.
