Lanterns by Daisugi :
Japanese Tradition Reimagined
Inspired by traditional Japanese forestry techniques representing rejuvenation through change.
Why are you called Daisugi? - 台杉
The Ancient Kyoto Tree Grafting Technique 🌲🌲🌲
Kyoto, Japan
Daisugi began in the forests of Kitayama in the 14th century, when craftsmen faced a shortage of straight, uniform timber.
Instead of cutting more trees, they refined a technique that allowed a single sugi to grow many perfectly straight shoots — living architecture shaped with intention
A Monk's Techniques
Foresters pruned each daisugi every few years, guiding its growth like an artist shaping clay
What began as forestry became artistry: a way of transforming something living and functional into something refined, meaningful, and enduring.
Legacy of Thoughtful Creation
In Kyoto, traditional sugi groves still produce timber for tea rooms.
Daisugi Lanterns carries this spirit forward.
We take beautiful, natural materials and influence with artistic intention : not to replace what exists, but to elevate it.
