Ko-ei Kougei [光映工芸]

Founder of kinsai yuzen (gold-colored yuzen) created through tireless technological development

Inspired by the KINSAI technique used in early modern costumes, we developed a new adhesive and glue, which had been a drawback of the KINSAI process. The glue and paste were newly developed, which had been a drawback of the gilding process until then.
This enabled KINSAI to be ironed and dry-cleaned, and to be applied to swimsuits as well. The company has now developed more than 100 different "gold" expressions, expanding the world of subtle and diverse color expression, which can be described as the magic of light.