Collection: 宮下 東吾 Togo Miyashita

Togo Miyashita (ganwyd 1999, Tokyo). Wedi’i fagu mewn teulu a oedd yn rhedeg bwyty soba mewn tŷ gwerin traddodiadol yn ninas Hachioji, Tokyo, treuliodd ei blentyndod wedi’i amgylchynu gan grefftau pren gwerin a diwylliant bwyd Japaneaidd hyd at 23 oed. Ers 2023, mae wedi astudio o dan law y crefftwr coed Takahiro Yoshino wrth droed Mynydd Fuji, gan ddysgu technegau gwaith coed Japaneaidd traddodiadol sy’n canolbwyntio ar waith saer a phlanwyr llaw Japaneaidd.

Mae’n crefftio blychau a chistiau bychan gan ddefnyddio technegau sy’n manteisio ar briodweddau cynhenid y pren heb ddefnyddio cydrannau metel. Gan dynnu gwersi mewn cytgord â natur o fywyd yn y goedwig, mae’n dilyn dau nod: creu darnau pren sy’n cynhesu ac yn dod â hapusrwydd i fannau bwyta, a dod yn bont sy’n cysylltu diwylliannau gwaith coed o fewn Japan ac yn rhyngwladol, wrth drysori technegau Japaneaidd traddodiadol.

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Togo Miyashita (born 1999, Tokyo). Raised in a family running a soba restaurant in a traditional folk house in Hachioji city, Tokyo, he spent his childhood surrounded by wooden folk crafts and Japanese food culture until age 23. Since 2023, he has studied under a woodworker Takahiro Yoshino at the foot of Mt. Fuji, learning traditional Japanese woodworking techniques centred on joinery and Japanese hand planes.

He crafts boxes and small chests using techniques that harness the inherent properties of wood without employing metal components. Drawing lessons in harmony with nature from life in the forest, he pursues two goals: creating wooden pieces that warm and bring happiness to dining spaces, and becoming a bridge connecting woodworking cultures both within Japan and internationally, while cherishing traditional Japanese techniques.