WABISUKE and Color: Between Tradition and Border Crossing

WABISUKE and Color: Between Tradition and Border Crossing

Color is a cultural memory, a lingering emotion, and sometimes an idea itself.
The colors woven by WABISUKE are not just decorative.
It is a question that resonates across time and borders.

For example, this Tachiwaku pattern clasp.
The patterns evoke the elegance of the Heian period, while the colors evoke the tranquility of Northern Europe.
The blue, white, and green wavy lines that appear in the black margins are
It is not a traditional Japanese color.
Yet, it feels somehow nostalgic and somehow new.

WABISUKE is not bound by "traditional colors."
It is not about seeing color as a "cultural symbol,"
This is because we see it as a "bridge of sensibility."

The colors of Japan embody the changing seasons and the sentiment of waka poetry.
On the other hand, the colors of Scandinavia have a tranquility of light and shadow, and a sense of distance from nature.
WABISUKE does not pit the two against each other,
To resonate.
It's like different instruments playing one melody.

Colors reach the heart faster than words.
That's why WABISUKE puts its philosophy into color.
Instead of "What color is this?"
What does this color make you feel?
We gently present this question through our products.

Tradition is not something to be preserved, but something to be resonated with.
Color is not a fixed symbol, but a fluid sensibility.
WABISUKE is based on this philosophy.
Today we choose new colors and breathe new life into old patterns.

It is a form of "question" that may continue even 100 years from now.
And the color of the "aftertaste" that may remain in someone's heart.