We use bamboo pulp and vegetable ink to increase our sustainability and decrease our use of forest products. With our parent company, Nagai Shigyo Company Ltd., we’ve been producing machine-made Washi for almost a century. You can think of us as modernizers of tradition, achieving a harmonious synthesis between traditional quality, art, and respect for nature, balanced with modern efficiency and cost-saving of production. We at Edofiber have innovated a process for manufacturing Washi by machine, without compromising any of the quality associated with the traditional handmade methods. Not adapted, that is, until Edofiber adapted it to modern production techniques. Traditionally, Washi paper was used for handwriting, calligraphy, printing, and artistic purposes – in short, for every conceivable use of paper.ĭuring Japan’s period of modernization under Western influence in the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries, Washi paper was largely edged out of everyday use by cheaper, mass-produced, lower-quality yoshi paper.īecause Washi had only ever been made by hand with great care, it was not adapted to the new age of mechanization. Today we’ll discuss the uses of Washi paper, and how a paper revered as a Japanese cultural treasure can change your experience with paper. If you need a better paper for printing, packaging, stationery, and more besides, Washi has some important qualities to recommend it: in addition to being more absorbent, making for better definition and contrast, it’s also more durable, meaning it’s less prone to rips, tears, and yellowing with age. Japanese Washi paper is a traditional Japanese cultural treasure, an art form and handicraft passed down since about the early 7 th century CE, and now it’s available in affordable, modern form to fulfill a wide array of office, business, event, and personal needs.

Japanese translucent paper