ABOUT US / TABUCHI
TABUCHI Co., Ltd.
OUR EXPRESSION
In architecture, furniture and the fabrics we wear. TABUCHI brings the character of Aji stone into different forms of everyday life.
Every stone from the same mountain has its own colour, pattern and form. We begin with that individuality, considering where it will belong and how it will be touched. Our approach starts with the material, not simply with a finished product.
OUR ORIGIN / TABUCHI STONE
TABUCHI’s expression is rooted in the quarrying work of Tabuchi Stone. Since Yohei Tabuchi began the family stone business in the Meiji era, successive generations have worked with the mountains of Aji. Quarrying began with medium-grained stone before moving to fine-grained stone. Understanding the value of each block has remained central to that work.
Tabuchi Stone is a quarry operator in Aji, Kagawa. Managing part of the Ocho-ba quarry, its work begins with extracting stone and understanding its individual character.
No two stones are alike. Reading their surfaces, working with local craftspeople and considering the places they will inhabit: Tabuchi Stone connects the mountain with everyday spaces.
OUR STORY
Yohei Tabuchi began the family stone business. The work of understanding the mountain has passed from generation to generation.
Incorporated in 1976, continuing a practice that connects raw Aji stone with finished work.
Yasumitsu Tabuchi succeeded the family business, carrying forward its quarrying skills and knowledge of stone.
Memorials, lanterns, sculpture and architecture. And now furniture and textiles: new expressions of a familiar material.
FROM THE QUARRY
The fine-grained Aji stone quarried by Tabuchi Stone includes Kurokuchi and Shirokuchi. Tone, mottling and naturally split surfaces reveal differences best understood in the raw material.
Discover Aji stoneFrom quarry to spaceOUR PRACTICE
Tabuchi Stone’s fine-grained Aji stone includes Kurokuchi, with its distinctive mottling and rich, grounded character, and the lighter-toned Shirokuchi, used for memorials, lanterns and architectural work. Its practice values the differences within Aji stone itself.
Fifth-generation Yasumitsu Tabuchi took over the family business in 2003. Quarrying skills, an eye for the material and careful, conscientious work guide Tabuchi Stone’s practice. As custodians of a natural material, its craftspeople work to carry its beauty and value to the next person.
Alongside rough stone, Tabuchi Stone’s work encompasses memorials, lanterns, sculpture and architectural materials. Projects range from a temple ramp and reclining Buddha sculpture to stone-clad living-room walls. Inherited skills provide a foundation for finding new places where stone can belong.
OUR ORIGIN / COMPANY PROFILE
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