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Request a Sample Low sunlight in a dark room: a window alcove, a bronze-toned leaf wall, an upholstered chair and a timber table.

Art Wall Legend II

This collection was introduced to create what we believe is the pinnacle of Japanese craft. Kiri, the paulownia; kozo, the paper mulberry; and gold and silver leaf: three traditional materials, made by hand for the wall, each bringing its own texture and character to a room.

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Black Shell Leaf

Genuine silver leaf is smoked to develop its distinctive variations in colour.

A large panel of silver and blue metal leaf, laid in squares that scatter upward, on a dark wall behind a pale sofa and black lounge chair.
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Black Shell Leaf — material detail

Enlarged photograph of the Black Shell Leaf surface in directional light.
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A large panel of silver and blue metal leaf, laid in squares that scatter upward, on a dark wall behind a pale sofa and black lounge chair.

Pattern in space

Bronze-toned wallcovering catches the light, bringing warmth and depth to the room.

A study walled in dark, hazy brushed washi under a timber ceiling.

Kyobashi, Tokyo · Since 1923

Handmade Japanese wallcoverings
since 1923.

From a small wholesale house in Kyobashi to original Japanese wallcoverings admired around the world. Washi, kiri, gold and silver leaf and natural fibres, worked by Japanese makers and carried onto the wall.

Our heritage
Art Wall Legend II marquetry, AWL-2052: pale and dark wood veneers inlaid in a broken lattice, close up
A craftsman stirring kozo fibre in a steaming vat A wide brush laying paste across a sheet Squares of silver leaf laid by hand

Materials & Craft

We believe a wall should carry the hand that made it. A craftsperson reads the fibre, the humidity and the light, so no two sheets are quite alike, and that variation is the character of the material, not a flaw in it.

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Surihaku, Art Wall Legend II: a wall of gold leaf in a dark room, lit by a tall paper lamp

Our Philosophy

Every surface tells a story of the material it came from, and the hands that brought it to life.

Our artisans understand the subtleties of their materials. The character of each fibre, the moisture in the air, and the way light moves across a surface.

No two sheets are ever quite alike. These subtle differences are not imperfections, but expressions of the material itself, shaped by nature and the human hand.

Such knowledge cannot be preserved in words alone. It must be practised, refined, and passed from one generation of skilled hands to the next.

壁には、それをつくった手が宿るべきだと、私たちは考えています。 職人は繊維を読み、湿度を読み、光を読みます。 だから一枚として同じものはなく、 その揺らぎは素材の個性であって、欠点ではありません。 この手仕事を熟練の手に託し続けることが、 次の世代へと受け継いでいく道でもあります。

Handmade Japanese wallcoverings since 1923.

Art Wall Legend II

What we believe is the pinnacle of Japanese craft: kiri, kozo, and gold and silver leaf, three traditions made new for the wall, by hand.

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Materials & Craft

KiriKozoKingin

Kiri sliced so thin its grain becomes the pattern; kozo creased by hand into washi; gold and silver leaf laid one square at a time. We believe a wall should carry the hand that made it.

Our craft

Washi

In 1988 Tomita made the first washi wallcovering collection in Japan. Kozo VI is its sixth volume, crumpled, dyed and painted by hand in Inshu, so no two sheets are quite alike.

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Hana V

Hana, the flower: the camellia of early spring, the bush clover and pampas grass of autumn, each drawn for its feeling as much as its form.

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Room Inspirations by Tomita.

A terracotta washi wall laid like paving tiles, a paper lamp hanging over a dark counter of sweets.

ShikigawaraKozo VI

AoyaKozo VI

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Art Wall KozoArt Wall Legend II

HanakazuraHana V

ShinobugusaHana V

KasumiKozo VI

TRI-5534Ori

Art Wall Legend II

This collection was introduced to create what we believe is the pinnacle of Japanese craft. Kiri, the paulownia; kozo, the paper mulberry; and gold and silver leaf: three traditional materials, made by hand for the wall, each bringing its own texture and character to a room.

Black Shell Leaf

Genuine silver leaf is smoked to develop its distinctive variations in colour.

Discover Art Wall Legend II
Black Shell Leaf, a wall of smoked silver leaf in warm bronze squares, beside a lit doorway, an upholstered armchair and a dark timber table.

Black Shell Leaf — material detail

Enlarged photograph of the Black Shell Leaf surface in directional light.

Washi

Papermaking reached Japan in the seventh century, and for 1,300 years washi has covered the fusuma that shape the Japanese room. In 1988 Tomita made the first washi wallcovering collection in Japan. Kozo VI is its sixth volume: the long fibres of the paper mulberry, crumpled, creased, dyed and painted by hand in Inshu, so that no two sheets are quite alike.

Discover Kozo VI

Hana V

Hana, the flower. The camellia of early spring, the bush clover and pampas grass of autumn: a sensitivity to the passing seasons runs deep in the Japanese sense of beauty. Hana V draws each for its feeling as much as its form, with lustres and textures that render light and shadow, from clear daylight to a landscape under the moon.

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( 1 ) Ori TRI-5512 in a quiet interior with an armchair and lamp
Ori(TRI-5512)
Tomita · Ori Collection

Woven paper.

Woven paper yarn, backed with silver metallic paper. The raised weave and variations in colour give the wall its texture and depth.

( 2 ) Close view of the Ori TRI-5512 woven surface
Material studyPaper yarn
( 3 ) Kunpu Kozo VI wallcoverings TKR-3933 in turquoise blue beside TKR-3932 in a quiet contemporary interior
Kunpu(TKR-3933 / TKR-3932)

Hand-painted washi.

Kunpu is hand-painted on Japanese washi paper, with a pattern inspired by clouds. Variations in the brushwork and paper make each surface slightly different.

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Close detail of turquoise blue Kunpu TKR-3933 handmade washi wallcovering
Material studyWashi · TKR-3933

The Art & Fine Details

Every surface close to, in raking light: the paper, the leaf, the wood and the weave.

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Kodaikinu, Art Wall Legend II, close upKodaikinuArt Wall Legend II · AWL-2038-1.85M Asanoha, Art Wall Legend II, close upAsanohaArt Wall Legend II · AWL-2109 Suigetsu, Kozo VI, close upSuigetsuKozo VI · TKR-3906 Hiraoshi, Black Shell Leaf, Art Wall Legend II, close upHiraoshi, Black Shell LeafArt Wall Legend II · AWL-2139 Tenku, Kozo VI, close upTenkuKozo VI · TK-3957 Sora, Art Wall Legend II, close upSoraArt Wall Legend II · AWL-2130-3.05M Kouka, Kozo VI, close upKoukaKozo VI · TKR-3901 Sukiurushi, Art Wall Legend II, close upSukiurushiArt Wall Legend II · AWL-2129 Kasumi, Kozo VI, close upKasumiKozo VI · TK-3934 Mokumeshima, Art Wall Legend II, close upMokumeshimaArt Wall Legend II · AWL-2152-1.85M Oomomi, Art Wall Legend II, close upOomomiArt Wall Legend II · AWL-2122 Shikigawara, Kozo VI, close upShikigawaraKozo VI · TKR-3915 Nanasaichirashi, Art Wall Legend II, close upNanasaichirashiArt Wall Legend II · AWL-2134 Kiratamari, Kozo VI, close upKiratamariKozo VI · TK-3940 Senkoku, Art Wall Legend II, close upSenkokuArt Wall Legend II · AWL-2128 Zougan, Art Wall Legend II, close upZouganArt Wall Legend II · AWL-2052

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Inside tomita TOKYO: tall shelves of sample books and material panels around a table.

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tomita TOKYO

tomita TOKYO stands in Kyobashi, where the company began in 1923. We show the collections at scale, among light, furniture and material — the way we understand them best.

Kyobashi Edogrand 1F, 2-2-1 Kyobashi
Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0031
+81 3 3273 7500 · [email protected]

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One Wall Changes Space

The same room, before and after. Draw the line across the wall to see the difference one paper makes.

On the wall: Kouin, Art Wall Legend II

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An office with a black desk, the wall as it was
The same office with Kouin, Art Wall Legend II, on the wall