Our history extends back to Sangetsudo, a picture framing business founded by Yasuke Hibi during the Kaei Period (1848- 1854), when Tokyo was still called Edo. Sangetsudo continued to provide traditional Japanese interior furnishings, such as scrolls, hanging scrolls, fusuma (papered sliding doors) and folding screens. It was about a hundred years later when the company began handling wallcoverings, which has since become our core product. This shift in business was far ahead of the time, when the word “interior” had not yet become familiar among people in Japan.

In 1966, Yoshiaki Hibi, the president at that time, was impressed by the advanced European concept of interior design, which provided a sense of joy and relaxation in daily Learn More