長谷川憲人製紙 Hasegawa
Paper Studio

鳥取県鳥取市青谷町山根地区は代々紙をすく地域です。1900年（明治33年）生まれの曾祖母が和紙を漉く実家から独立し和紙づくりを始め、2代目の祖父・国義（元伝統工芸士）、3代目の父・憲人（伝統工芸士）が家業を支え、現在、父と共に4代目の豊が事業を継承しています。良い原料を選び、多くの工程に対し手間と労働をいとわない和紙作りを基本にし、時代とともに新たな用途にもチャレンジしながら継続できる手仕事を目指しています。

The Yamane district of Aoya-cho in Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture, has been a papermaking region for generations. My great-grandmother, born in 1900 (Meiji 33), left her family home—where washi paper had long been made—to start her own washi papermaking business. The craft was carried on by the second generation, my grandfather Kuniyoshi (a former Traditional Craftsman), and the third generation, my father Norito (a certified Traditional Craftsman). Today, I, Yutaka, represent the fourth generation, continuing the family business together with my father. Our foundation is choosing good raw materials and sparing no effort or labor across the many steps of making washi, and we aim to keep this handcraft going by taking on new applications suited to each era.