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Soejima’s KAKEGAWAORI

Igusa Interior : Soejima’s KAKEGAWAORI


KAKEGAWAORI born to the treasury of Igusa carpet, Fukuoka Chikugo district.
Famous poet Hakusyu was brought up, it crawled in Yanagawa where the air of willow and a white wall still charms people, and cultivation of grass was prosperous from ancient times. The kind suitable for especially Igusa carpet grew up well. Even if it was in skillful Igusa carpet which continues being woven from the Edo period and has much tradition and technique, KAKEGAWAORI which reaches to an extreme of the top by profound beauty especially was born.

Soejima’s KAKEGAWAORI continues adhering to healty “Japan Domestic Igusa”
Now, about 80 percent of Igusa demand of Japan is made overseas. However, Import Igusa of the amount of the cultivation method and the agricultural chemicals used etc. is unclear, and has worries about safety. Moreover, if Igusa from Chine is taken for an example, since the mowing time of the problem on the weather to Igusa is early, while the contents used as the basis of elasticity have been immature, it is produced commercially in many cases, and it becomes unhealthy Igusa.

Soejima Isao Shoten co., LTD. maintains
“the relation whose face is visible each other”
with the local cultivation farmhouse which continues pursuing
the safe agricultural technique who lives together with
nature just because Igusa touches the skin that’s why
we continue adhering to “Japan Domestic Igusa”.

■Unhealthy Igusa	On the whole, it becomes brown blackly and the surface becomes tattering / It becomes cause of house dust
■Soejima’s healthy Igusa	On the whole, it becomes light brown color, and the surface is polished.

Therefore, Soejima’s KAKEGAWAORI after
gets suntanned, it is still beautiful, and it is gently
also to people’s body.

Soejima’s KAKEGAWAORI
is using plenty of Igusa.

The amount of Igusa used per Tatami mat size（87×174cm）
Common goods	About 2800～3200 Igusa
Soejima’s KAKEGAWAORI	About 3500～4800 Igusa

Therefore, it excels in durability and
comfortableness and the touch are very good.

There is defference
in the technology of weaving textile.

Soejima’s KAKEGAWAORI made by the able
produces sorted out one by one Igusa carefully and has
finished weaving with the true heart without mass-producing.

For details,
please look at Making
of KAKEGAWAORI.